STEADMAN, Charles Emanuel
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
12 Commando
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Monmouthshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
South Wales Borderers
Service:
Army
Number:
1508032
Born:
Monday, January 7, 1918
Died :
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Age:
90
1938 attested into the Royal Artillery [1].
05.10.1939 transferred to 2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment [1].
Volunteered for and attached to No.12 Commando which disbanded early [2][2a].
03.02.1944 Sergeant, South Wales Borderers attached No.9 Commando, wounded in Italy (Monte Faito and Monte Ornito) [3].
19.03.1944 Sergeant, South Wales Borderers attached No.9 Commando, wounded in Italy (Operation X at Anzio) [4].
Sources
[1] Royal Artillery Attestation Register for 1939.
[2] Photos in No.12 Commando gallery.
[2a] His son Ian Steadman.
[3] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/72.
[4] Casualty LIstst / National Archives file WO417/73.
[Image] Cropped from photo in No.9 Cdo Gallery titled "No.9 Commando 3 Troop".
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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