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5962194
Private
Sidney Thomas Salmon
1923 - Born, Hammersmith, London
Son of Len and Flo (nee Piper) Salmon
Brother to James Leonard, Joan and Stanley
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
1st Battalion
Service
The 1st Battalion, Beds and Herts Regiment had orders on the 13th April 1943 for oversea service, They arrived at Gibraltar, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Peters MC, nine days later. The Battalion spent fifteen months on the Rock, as well as training excursions to Oran, Algeria. Their primary role was in manning defence posts, carrying out garrison duties, supplying search parties for customs authorities and assisting the Royal Engineers in digging tunnels.
1943/12/16 - Letter From Gibraltar
The 1st Battalion sailed to Italy for active service on 29th July 1944. Arriving in Naples, they were at once marched to a camp eight miles outside the city. Here the 66th Infantry Brigade was formed of the 1st Herts, the 2nd Royal Scots, who had travelled with the Battalion from Gibraltar, and the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers, who had arrived from Malta. Brigadier M.
1944/11/06 - WO417/84, Casualty List No. 1596. Missing, ‘Believed Taken Prisoner’.
1945/09/12 - WO417/97_1, Casualty List No. 1856. Previously shown on Casualty List No. 1596 as reported Missing believed Prisoner of War 19/10/1944. Presumed ‘Killed in Action’.
Died
Age 21
19th October 1944
Loved Ones
Son of Len and Flo Salmon
Brother to James Leonard, Joan and Stanley
Memorial
Cassino Memorial
Panel 5.
Italy
Medals
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Defence Medal
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Italian Star
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1939-1945 Star
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War Medal 1939-1945
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Sidney’s Awarded Medals
Information
Nicola Craven - Great Niece
Ist Btn, Beds and Herts Trgiment
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
KEW Files:- WO417/97_1, WO 304/10, WO417/84, WO 417/97,
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