CHAPPELL, Reginald
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
'42 Commando RM'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
RM 15686
Born:
Saturday, May 14, 1938
Died :
Thursday, February 20, 1964
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Corporal Reginald Chappell from West Bromwich was killed in action during operations in Sarawak, Borneo. He was married to Irene with a young son Kim. Corporal Chappell's body was repatriated to the UK with local people from Great Barr helping the family fund the cost.
Extract from the Daily Mirror
"A Royal Marine Corporal was shot dead and four other British soldiers were wounded by terrorists in Sarawak, an Army spokesman said in Singapore yesterday. The British were checking identity cards in a border farmhouse, when the terrorists pounced. Fighting back, the wounded inflicted casualties. All the British belonged to No. 42 Commando. One of the wounded is Marine P. R. Howes, of Exmouth".
"A Royal Marine Corporal was shot dead and four other British soldiers were wounded by terrorists in Sarawak, an Army spokesman said in Singapore yesterday. The British were checking identity cards in a border farmhouse, when the terrorists pounced. Fighting back, the wounded inflicted casualties. All the British belonged to No. 42 Commando. One of the wounded is Marine P. R. Howes, of Exmouth".
Sources
AFM ROH
Daily Mirror, Saturday 22 February 1964, p3.
AFM ROH
Daily Mirror, Saturday 22 February 1964, p3.
Daily Record, 22 February 1964, p3.
Reports in the Birmingham Daily Post on the 24th, 25th, and 26th February 1964.
Reports in the Birmingham Daily Post on the 24th, 25th, and 26th February 1964.
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