born 29.1.1916 Berlin,Germany
resided 35 Lowndes Street,London SW1
son of Moritz and Margarete (nee Rudiger) Nagel
educated Hansa Vorschule,Berlin
moved to Paris
moved to England 1935-36
employed,Morna Fabrics (father's business)
enlisted 8.3.1940 Richborough,Kent
Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps (AMPC) (Pte 13081753)
93 Company
commissioned Royal Engineers June 1941
SOE (6 STS and 21 STS) August 1941
93 Company,Pioneer Corps 2.1.1942
2 Commando 1942 (Private 4272711)
attached 2 Bn Parachute Regiment for Bruneval raid February 1942 (as Pte Newman)
2 Commando (HQ Company) (as Pte Walker)
WIA and POW March 1942 St Nazaire
liberated spring 1945
transferred to Royal Fusiliers October 1943 (while POW)
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers,attached Durham Light Infantry 18.6.1945 - 23.5.1946
demobilised 23.5.1946
businessman postwar (retired 1979)
married Muriel Phyllis Owen November 1946 in Barrow upon Soar,Leicestershire (divorced 1973-74) (died 1975) (1 daughter Jane Sabina)
died 25.9.1983
cremated and ashes scattered Gilroes Cemetery,Leicester
photo source Martin Sugarman
