Chisholm Donald Sapper 1880176
Personnel Entry
Name Chisholm Donald
Army number 1880176.
Rank Sapper
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards
Date of birth Research indicates born in Invernesshire in 1913.
Age (At time of death) 42. Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in, or transferred to the Royal Engineers. Underwent Basic Training. Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Served Normandy. KILLED in ACTION 16/4/1945.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Details awaited.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 16/4/1945. Interred initially in Westervoort, Holland at Map reference 781754 on Sheet 6 of the 1/25,000 series. Re-buried on 28/8/1946 in Uden War Cemetery - grave reference 2. F. 13. No headstone inscription.
Home address Understood to be a resident of Inverness - no family traced as yet.
Source table
Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries. There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.
An acknowledgment is due to the "Find a Grave" Website for the image of Sapper Chisholm's headstone.
