McSHANE, Charles Henry Hubert

Rank: 
Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Dorsetshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5724665
Died : 
Saturday, January 15, 1944
Died on war service
Age: 
35
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Sergeant Charles McShane, No.7 Commando, was reported missing on 2nd June 1941 during operations in Crete. Later found to have been captured and transported to Camp 78 in Italy [1][2].
  • 1943 repatriated to the UK [3].
  • 15 January 1944 died in the UK attached 4th Bn. Dorset Regiment [4][Notes].
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/21.
[3] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/63.
[4] CWGC.
 
Notes
No.7 Commando had been disbanded during his period in captivity.
 

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