DETTMER, Charles Henry
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Rank:
Gunner
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Service Number:
5123008
Born:
1921
Died :
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Place died or last resided:
Surrey
Gunner Charles Dettmer, HQ Troop Intelligence Section, was severely injured losing an arm in the same mortar explosion that killed Lieutenant Arthur Brunswick of No.2 Commando at Dragone Hill, Salerno. Post War Fleet Street journalist.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/68.
Detail from the late Eric Buckmaster of 5 Troop No.2 Commando.
[Image] Jean Baptiste Brekelmans.
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