Charles “Clifford” Whitehead

Sapper · #RH1945118 / RH2553920 · S1 Patrol

What this roll records

LRDG Roll of Honour (Aegean 1943): killed in action 15.11.43, S1 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 S (inferred) Patrol).

Patrol S (S1/S2) INFERRED from Rhodesian/South African service number (SR/RH prefix) - the LRDG Rhodesian & S.African squadron formed S Patrol. Specific S1/S2 not individually confirmed.

From Rhodesia roll: AKA/nickname "Clifford". Source: Rhodesia Nominal Roll (Brendan O’Carroll).

Additional service number(s) from Rhodesia roll: RH2553920. Source: Rhodesia Nominal Roll (Brendan O’Carroll).

Killed in action, Leros, 15 November 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll.

Dodecanese operations, 1943: killed in action 15 Nov 1943. Source: Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA (Appendix V), compiled by Jim Patch, LRDG (UK) Association.

Aegean/Dodecanese operations, 1943: listed as Signalman Whitehead, service no. RH2553920; killed in action, 15 Nov 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 15 November 1943, S1 Patrol. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix III, LRDG Roll of Honour: the Aegean Operations 1943).

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