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Alfred Schenk
Posted by:
JMB
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Date: July 11, 2017 11:16AM
I was recently researching Commando deaths at Achnacarry but this opened up to any WWII military deaths in the Lochaber area.
One was Alfred Schenk was found drowned in Glasnacardoch Bay, near Mallaig in Inverness-shire on 4th April 1945. He is just described as a German Naval officer Number R1941 and age 42.
He seems to have been initially buried at Morar but was later transferred to Cannoch Chase.
Date of Death:23/03/1945
Regiment/Service:German Navy
Grave Reference:Plot 3 Row 17
Grave 540
Cemetery:CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY
I presume from the date they must have identified what U-Boat he served on and that is when it sank.
I looked on [www.volksbund.de] but little there
According to the information available to us, Alfred Schenk has been missing since 04.1945.
We have recorded the name and the personal details of the person named above in the memorial book of the cemetery Neumark / Stare Czarnowo. You are welcome to order an extract from us.
Please note that the version on display in some cemeteries is not the current version; therefore, the name of your relative may not be recorded in it.
Surname: Schenk
Forename: Alfred
Rank: Stabsgefreiter
Date of birth: 04.12.1904
Date of death/becoming missing: 04.1945
I presume me must have been on this one from your records here
U-722. Sunk on 27 March 1945 in the North Atlantic in the Sea of the Hebrides, in position 57.09N, 06.55W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Fitzroy, HMS Redmill and HMS Byron.
Can anyone confirm he was from U-722
One was Alfred Schenk was found drowned in Glasnacardoch Bay, near Mallaig in Inverness-shire on 4th April 1945. He is just described as a German Naval officer Number R1941 and age 42.
He seems to have been initially buried at Morar but was later transferred to Cannoch Chase.
Date of Death:23/03/1945
Regiment/Service:German Navy
Grave Reference:Plot 3 Row 17
Grave 540
Cemetery:CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY
I presume from the date they must have identified what U-Boat he served on and that is when it sank.
I looked on [www.volksbund.de] but little there
According to the information available to us, Alfred Schenk has been missing since 04.1945.
We have recorded the name and the personal details of the person named above in the memorial book of the cemetery Neumark / Stare Czarnowo. You are welcome to order an extract from us.
Please note that the version on display in some cemeteries is not the current version; therefore, the name of your relative may not be recorded in it.
Surname: Schenk
Forename: Alfred
Rank: Stabsgefreiter
Date of birth: 04.12.1904
Date of death/becoming missing: 04.1945
I presume me must have been on this one from your records here
U-722. Sunk on 27 March 1945 in the North Atlantic in the Sea of the Hebrides, in position 57.09N, 06.55W, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Fitzroy, HMS Redmill and HMS Byron.
Can anyone confirm he was from U-722
| Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Alfred Schenk
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JMB | 07/11/2017 11:16AM |
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Re: Alfred Schenk
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jcrt | 07/11/2017 11:33AM |