STEADMAN, Charles Emanuel
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
12 Commando
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Monmouthshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
South Wales Borderers
Service:
Army
Number:
1508032
Born:
Monday, July 1, 1918
Died :
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Age:
90
__.__.1938 attested into the Royal Artillery [1].
05.10.1939 transferred to 2nd Bn. Monmouthshire Regiment [1].
Volunteered for and attached to No.12 Commando which disbanded early [2][2a].
31.03.1942 Weapons Training S.C.C.S. Edinburgh [2b].
09.07.1943 Parachute Course - 8 jumps / 01.08.1943 - 9 jumps [2b].
03.02.1944 Sergeant, South Wales Borderers attached No.9 Commando, wounded in Italy (Monte Faito and Monte Ornito) [3].
19.03.1944 Sergeant, South Wales Borderers attached No.9 Commando, wounded in Italy (Operation X at Anzio) [4].
27.10.1946 discharged from service [2b].
Member of the Commando Association from London SE18 [5].
Sources
[1] Royal Artillery Attestation Register for 1939.
[2] Photos in No.12 Commando gallery.
[2a] His son Ian Steadman.
[2b] Soldier's Service Book (Army Book 64).
[3] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/72.
[4] Casualty LIstst / National Archives file WO417/73.
[5] Letter from CA Secretary Henry Brown to Charles Steadman.
[Image] Cropped from photo in No.9 Cdo Gallery titled "No.9 Commando 3 Troop".
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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