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239986 L/Sgt. William Hennefer MM. British Army 1st Btn. Royal Leicestershire Regiment (d.5th Dec 1941) William Hennefer enlisted on 5th of January 1929, he was in 1st Btn Leicestershire Regiment. He was a stretcher bearer in operations in Lybia, Crete and Syria. At Sidi Barrant he brought in several wounded men under heavy shell fire and dragged them. In Crete under dive bombings and aerial MG attacks his work was outstanding. In Syria he showed outstanding courage and devotion to duty. He was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving in the Western Desert. He died on 5th December 1941 aged 31yrs, when the SS Chakdina, carrying 380 wounded soldiers and 100 German & Italian Prisoners of War, was sunk by an Italian torpedo bomber while on Convoy from Tobruk to Alexandria. He is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.