Chamberlain, F.C. Cpl.

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Wounded 28 October 1944. Together with his friend Terry Sullivan, Fred Chamberlain joined the Royal Marines in March 1941 at RM Depot Lympstone. After six weeks he went to the 7th (Training) Battalion RM and a few months later was transferred to the 10th Battalion. He joined 47 RM Commando in August 1943. He landed with the Commando on D-Day and stayed with them all the way to Wenduyne in Belgium to prepare for the Walcheren assault. Unfortunately due to a grenade exploding accidently he was wounded and sent back to England. While Mne. Ashcroft was cleaning his grenades he accidentally pulled the pin and couldn't get it back in. To protect the others in the room he threw himself on top of the grenade which killed him. Several others were wounded and Fred Chamberlain broke his jaw in the blast.