SHELLEY, Alfred

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Birth name: 
SAMSON, Alfred
Rank: 
Lieutenant
Unit / Base: 
10 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6305372
Born: 
Saturday, July 30, 1921
Birthplace: 
Hamburg, Germany
Alfred Samson alias Alfred Shelley 10 Commando 3 Troop
Alfred Samson, a German national of the Jewish faith, served in 3 troop, also known as 'X' troop, of the inter allied commando under the alias of Alfred Shelley.
He was attached initially as a Corporal to 45RM Commando in North West Europe but early in 1945 received a battlefield commission when posted to Italy.
16 October 1946 Certificate of Naturalization granted. London Gazette entry "Shelley, Alfred (formerly Alfred Samson); Germany; Serving Officer in His Majesty's Forces; The Sanatorium, Grassington, Yorkshire."
Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing in Surrey.

Sources
The Story of 45 Commando (page 25) (blue book published 1946 for veterans).
Commando Association Lost Legion List 10.
Home Office: Aliens Department: Internees Index, 1939-1947 / National Archives file HO396/77.
London Gazette 37825, page 6192.
Home Office Naturaliszation Certificate / National Archives file HO 334/165/19961.
Ten Commando, author Ian Dear.
Jewish Virtual Library.
[Image] Photo in No.10 Cdo 3Tp Gallery titled 'Shelley, Arlen, Saunders, Stewart, W. Hepworth" from the collection of Peter Andrew Carson (birth name Peter Andreas Carlebach) of 3 troop.
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Archive pages : 
No 10 Commando
No 10 (IA) Commando 3 troop ('X' troop)
45RM Commando

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