PROUT, Charles Leslie
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Known as:
'Les' and 'Jed'
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
4 Independent Company
2 Commando
'Special Boat Section'
Middle East Commandos
'Special Air Service'
Regiment/Corps:
Liverpool Scottish Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Army Air Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
2929485
Born:
Saturday, April 3, 1920
Died:
2002
Place died:
Wiltshire
Service: No.4 independent Company; 1 Special Service Bn; embarked for Malta with Force 'X' serving alongside the SBS; 'A' Squadron Middle East Commando; joined 1st SAS for a short period before transferring to the Parachute Regiment; wounded 18 September 1944 with Paras at Arnhem (Operation Market Garden).
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/86.
Nominal Roll of No.4 Independent Company from LSgt Joe Rogers MM.
Nominal Roll of No.4 Independent Company from LSgt Joe Rogers MM.
IWM interview with 'Jed' Prout, ref. 19009 [more......]
Dennis Reeves, Liverpool Scottish Museum.
[Image] Cropped from No.4 Ind. Company gallery photo.
Dennis Reeves, Liverpool Scottish Museum.
[Image] Cropped from No.4 Ind. Company gallery photo.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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