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[[Category:War Casualties]]
=== FROST, Henry Shelmerdine ===
[[File:6 2WW2 Frost HS 3.jpg|left|thumb|171x171px|''<small>Henry Shelmerdine FROST</small>'']]
Regiment: [http://chester.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment Cheshire Regiment] attached [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._51_Commando No. 51 Commando]
Rank: Captain
Died: 5 March 1941, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Keren Battle of Keren]
Aged: 27
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Buried/ Memorial: Keren War Cemetery, Eritrea
Address: ‘The Dene’, [[Hoole Road]], Hoole
The Battle of Keren (Italian: Battaglia di Cheren) took place from 3 February to 27 March 1941. Keren was attacked by the British during the East African Campaign of the Second World War. A force of Italian regular and colonial troops defended the position against British troops (mostly from Sudan and British India) and Free French forces. The town of Keren, in the colony of Italian East Africa, was of tactical importance to both sides. The road and railway through Keren were the main routes to the colonial capital of Italian Eritrea at Asmara and the Red Sea port of Massawa, which surrendered to the British after the battle.
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<br />'''Cheshire Observer and Chester Chronicle 22 March 1941'''
BELIEVED WOUNDED AND MISSING
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Further, as an officer of the Cheshire Regiment he also features in the officer casualties section of “''The Cheshire Regiment in the Second World War''” by Crookenden.
[[File:6 2WW2 Frost HS 1.jpg|left|thumb|392x392px|''<small>Henry Shelmerdine FROST</small>'']]▼
CAPTAIN HENRY SHELMERDINE FROST
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“''In Henry Frost, The Regiment has lost one of its best and most loyal Officers.''
▲[[File:6 2WW2 Frost HS 1.jpg|left|thumb|
''He was a true Cheshire man being born and bred in the County and living for most of his life at The Dene, Hoole, Chester. He was educated at Thorland House, Heswall, and later at Charterhouse.''
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''We all loved him.”''
==Sources and Links==
* [https://www.commandoveterans.org/HenryFrost51MECommando FROST, Henry Shelmerdine]
* [https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/EAfrica/EAfrica-7.html The attack on Keren]
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