Harold “Pusher” Wheeldon
Signalman · #2048644 · Y1 Patrol
| Rank | Signalman |
|---|---|
| Service number | #2048644 |
| Patrol | Y1 Patrol |
| Known as | “Pusher” |
| Died | 1943-10-09 |
| POW / KIA | KIA — Dodecanese, 09 Oct 1943 |
| Record | https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results?ServiceNum=2048644 |
What this roll records
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.
Verified CWGC 27 Jul 2026. Harold Wheeldon, Signalman, Royal Corps of Signals. Died 9 Oct 1943 (Dodecanese). SN 2048644 matches.
Dodecanese operations, 1943: killed in action 09 Oct 1943. Source: Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA (Appendix V), compiled by Jim Patch, LRDG (UK) Association.
LRDG Roll of Honour (Aegean 1943): killed in action 09.10.43, Y1 Patrol. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean" (Appendix III, LRDG Roll of Honour: The Aegean Operations 1943). (master previously recorded G1 Patrol).
CWGC: Signalman Harold Wheeldon, service no. 2048644, Royal Corps of Signals and Long Range Desert Group. Died 9 October 1943, aged 25. Buried at Leros War Cemetery, special memorial 'C', grave 4.D.3, Greece. Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Aegean/Dodecanese operations, 1943: listed as Signalman Wheeldon, service no. 2048644; killed in action, 9 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: Signalman, killed in action 9 October 1943, Y1 Patrol. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix III, LRDG Roll of Honour: the Aegean Operations 1943).
See him in the full roll →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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