PPA Curtis, Charles Herbert (Charlie and Bum)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Curtis ​

• FORENAME

Charles Herbert (Charlie and Bum) ​

• UNIT

PPA P Patrol ​

• RANK

Acting Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

1894174 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

9th September 1944 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Montecchio War Cemetery,Italy II.B.12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 228 AF Coy,Royal Engineers​

born 8.10.1919 Oxford​

enlisted 19.10.1939 Oxford​

Husband of Cecily Eunice Ellen Attee Curtis,384 Cowley Rd,Oxford​

architectural draughstman in civilian life​

joined PPA Feb.1943 Tebessa​

DOW at No 9 CCS,Urbino received 8.9.44 near Urbania (landmine)​

believed to received his nickname when he gatecrashed a Staff meeting​

and an American officer remarked "Get that bum out of here"​

allowed to wear a US knitted peaked cap​

"A short stocky fellow with an irrepressible gaiety" (Popski)​

"A quiet little man with an irrepressible cheerfulness,and the most​

entertaining manner of turning his narrow escapes into funny stories.One of the pillars of PPA,he could not be replaced" (Popski)​

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