Douglas Webster St. Aubyn Berneville-Claye
called himself Lord Charlesworth (no claim to any title)
1 SAS (B + A Squadrons) October 1942-December 1942 (2Lt)
born 1917 Plumstead,London (Douglas Berneville Webster Claye)
son of Frederick Wainwright Claye,MBE,Little Ouseburn,Yorkshire
attended Army Technical School,Chepstow
Lancers 1934 (short time)
riding instructor
freelance journalist,Leeds
RAF training (went AWOL) 1940
employed in aircraft factory and served Home Guard
enlisted West Yorkshire Regiment (Private) 1941 as the Hon.D.W.S.
Berneville-Claye
officer training,Pwllheli and RMC Sandhurst
commissioned 2Lt October 1941
11 Bn West Yorkshire Regiment
reported MIA 13.1.1942 Tunisia
joined 1 SAS October 1942 as officer in Coldstream Guards
POW December 1942 North Africa
POW camp,Italy
Oflag 79,Waggum,Germany September 1943
suspected as being an informer 1944 and removed by Germans
joined Waffen SS as Hauptsturmfuhrer 1945
staff,III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps
commanding officer,Britisches Freikorps
due to no evidence of his SS activities he was freed 1945
granted rank of A/Captain
adjutant,POW camps in Yorkshire
demoted to 2Lt
manager,Rank Xerox,Hemel Hempstead
emigrated to Australia
radio announcer
English teacher,St. Gregory's College,Campbelltown,New South Wales
died 1975
