OSMOND, Charles Geoffrey
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Devonshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
138465
P.O.W. number:
4096
P.O.W. camps:
Honours & Awards:
Died :
Sunday, January 7, 1990
Place died:
Southampton, Hampshire
Captain Charles Geoffrey Osmond was awarded the Military Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished service during operations on 19 August 1942 at Dieppe, France, during which he was severely wounded and taken prisoner of war.
Post war Chairman of the Birmingham Branch of the Commando Association in the 1950's, before moving to Southampton in the mid 1960's.
Sources
MC - London Gazette 37484, page 1170.
MC Recommendation in National Archives file WO373/101/268.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/3 and WO417/4.
Priosners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/278/422.
Territorial Medal - London Gazette 37898, pages 1101 and 1103.
Commando Association newsletters 29, 41, 61, 64, and 90 (Obituaries).
England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1990.
[Image] Cropped from 5 Troop Dec 1941 photo in Gallery.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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