CHARLWOOD, Harry

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Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 105642.
P.O.W. number: 
1395
P.O.W. camps: 
Marlag and Milag Nord, Westertimke, Germany
Honours & Awards: 
Military Medal (MM)
Born: 
Tuesday, May 17, 1921
Birthplace: 
Redhill, Surrey
Marine Harry Charlwood 46 Commando

Harry Charlwood was a Labourer from Redhill, Surrey, who enlisted into the Royal Marines on 28 August 1941. Marine Charlwood, 'B' troop, 45RM Commando, was awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during the attack on Rots, Normandy, 11 June 1944. Wounded, captured and a prisoner of war until liberated when the prison camp was overrun by the 11th Armoured Division near Lubeck in May 1945. 

Sources
London Gazette 36846, page 5809.
National Archives file ADM201/111 / Royal Marines Prisoners of War.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/63/304.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/60/2.
CVA 'B' Troop image in Gallery.
The Story of 46 Commando Royal Marines by Captain P.K.W. Johnson RM.
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 
Normandy - Operation Overlord
Archive pages : 
46RM Commando
Prisoners of War

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