Herbert S. “Sam” Federmann

Gunner · PAL/8363 · Y Patrol

What this roll records

LRDG Roll of Honour (Aegean 1943): killed in action 24.10.43, Y Patrol. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean" (Appendix III, LRDG Roll of Honour: The Aegean Operations 1943). Confirms Y Patrol (an earlier Levitha roll listed S).

Verified via Find A Grave + CWGC 27 Jul 2026. Herbert FEDERMANN (double-n), Gunner, Royal Artillery. Died 24 Oct 1943 (Dodecanese/Rhodes), age 22; Rhodes War Cemetery. CORRECTION: service number is PAL/8363 (Palestine unit); surname spelt Federmann.

Dodecanese operations, 1943: killed in action 24 Oct 1943. Source: Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA (Appendix V), compiled by Jim Patch, LRDG (UK) Association.

Levitha, Y & S Patrol PoW casualties: S Patrol. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean" (Levitha: Y & S Patrol PoW casualties). Master patrol shown as Y; Levitha roll lists S Patrol.

Spelling/rank per LRDG Roll of Honour, The Aegean Operations 1943 (Brendan O'Carroll).

CWGC: Gunner Herbert Federmann, service no. PAL/8363, Royal Artillery and Long Range Desert Group. Died 24 October 1943, aged 22. Buried at Rhodes War Cemetery, grave 1.A.12, Greece. Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Sting of the Scorpion (Brendan O'Carroll) — the assault on Levita: Levita, 23–24 Oct 1943: Gunner H. Federmann of B Squadron — the one man killed in the follow-up search operation for the missing.

Aegean/Dodecanese operations, 1943: listed as Gunner Federmann, service no. PAL/8363; killed in action, 24 Oct 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix V, Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA).

LRDG Roll of Honour, the Aegean 1943: Gunner, killed in action 24 October 1943, Y Patrol. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix III, LRDG Roll of Honour: the Aegean Operations 1943).

Rank not found online. British Army enlistment number - WWII service records are not published online. Where to look: MOD Army Personnel Centre, Historic Disclosures, Glasgow (next-of-kin application), or TNA WO 416/WO 417 series for POW/casualty listings.

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Where this comes from

• Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
• AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).

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