CRAIG, Samuel
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Service Number:
1500685
Died :
Thursday, December 3, 1942
Between:
Thursday, December 3, 1942 to Sunday, December 6, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Fusilier Samuel Craig was attested into the Royal Artillery in 1938 and transferred to the Royal Welch Fusiliers on 4 October 1939, later volunteering for the Commandos. He was reported missing 6 December 1942 during operations at Bizerte, Tunisia, later presumed killed in action. He has no known grave.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/55 (1942) and WO417/84 (1944).
Royal Artillery Attestations Registers 1938.
Royal Welch Fusiliers, Transfer-in Registers, 1938-1945, Book 2.
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