CHALLINTON, William Alfred
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Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service:
Army
Service Number:
3515161
P.O.W. number:
18715
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Born:
Tuesday, June 20, 1905
Birthplace:
Evesham, Worcestershire
Died:
1969
Lance Sergeant William Challinton, 5 troop, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after the raid at St Nazaire, France, later found to be wounded and a prisoner of war. One of an assault party who disembarked from HMS Campbeltown, their role to destroy enemy coastal defence guns covering the dry dock area, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry. Enlisted 8 January 1921. Civilian employment - Millwright. Home - Ladywood, Birmingham [7].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 37162, page 3493, amended (errata) by LG 37331, page 5317.
[2] National Archives file WO373/46/273.
[3] Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
[4] German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/61/380.
[5] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/43.
[6] Registers of Deaths Birmingham 1969.
[7] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/59/1.
Notes
Surname erroneously spelt with a 'G' on sources [1][2], corrected to without a 'G' in source [1] errata entry.
Middle name erroneously shown Albert in Sources [1][2]; shown Alfred on source [6][7].
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