SALTER, Charles Henry Bevan
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Service:
Army
Number:
6291052
P.O.W. number:
26478
Born:
Wednesday, June 28, 1916
Birthplace:
Gillingham
Died:
1985
Charles Salter, a Salesman from Gillingham, Kent, enlisted into The Buffs on 16 May 1940 and later volunteered for the Commandos. Lance Corporal Salter, No.1 Section of 6 Troop No.3 Commando, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association residing New Eltham SE London.
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/96.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/96.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
[3] German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/318/294.
[3a] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/276/2.
Image in No.3 Cdo Gallery of names of those in No1 Section, 6 Troop, No.3 Cdo as of 19 August 1942.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 82 issued March 1986.
Notes
Source [2] shows Camp as BAB 21 Detachment E793 Stalag 344 (formerly Bau und Arbeits Battalion 21).
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