CADDEN, Maurice
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Rank:
Private (later Corporal)
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Cheshire Regiment 2nd Bn
Service:
Army
Number:
3864587
Born:
Thursday, July 8, 1920
Birthplace:
Bury, Lancashire
Died :
Monday, December 25, 1944
Age:
24
Corporal Cadden died in a motor accident in Belgium having returned to his unit. Son of Joseph and Elsie Cadden, of Bury, Lancashire.
Service
17.10.1940 enlisted Loyal Regiment. Trade on enlistment Butcher.
26.02.1941 posted STC Lochailort.
17.04.1941 - 22.12.1942 posted No.2 Commando.
17.04.1941 - 22.12.1942 posted No.2 Commando.
23.12.1942 returned to unit. Posted No.5 Infantry Depot, Wrexham.
06.02.1943 attached 7th Bn Border Regiment.
12.06.1943 disembarked Egypt. Posted 151 (Durham) Brigade Support Coy.
19.07.1943 embarked for unknown destination - H Force.
06.02.1943 attached 7th Bn Border Regiment.
12.06.1943 disembarked Egypt. Posted 151 (Durham) Brigade Support Coy.
19.07.1943 embarked for unknown destination - H Force.
27.07.1943 transferred to Durham LI, 151 Bn.
17.10.1943 embarked for UK.
17.10.1943 embarked for UK.
02.01.1944 transferred 2nd Bn. Cheshire Regiment.
28.02.1944 appointed Acting Corporal.
29.05.1944 granted war substantive rank Corporal.
25.12.1944 accidentally killed (motor accident)in Belgium.
25.12.1944 accidentally killed (motor accident)in Belgium.
Remembered with honour at Leopoldsburg War Cemetery.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/87.
Service Record letter from MOD.
[Image] His son Louis Pelosi.
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