In Memory Of
LEA, CLAUDE EDWARD WARRINGTON
Service Details
Age:
33
Date of Birth:
1909-12-22
Service No:
32627
Rank:
Private
Unit:
2nd Bn.
Regiment:
Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1943-12-08
Cause of Death:
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 128.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
Son of Henry Arnold Francis and Evelyn Lea, of Brereton Park, Transvaal, South Africa. M.A. Born Wakkerstroom, Transvaal
