Colonel Charles Benjamin Venn O.B.E.
The Sherwood Foresters Notts and Derbys
7th (Robin Hood Rifles) Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire) Regiment
Charles served with the 7th (Robin Hood) Battalion as a Lieutenant in 1926 and by 1939 he had become a Major with the 42nd (Robin Hood Sherwood Foresters) Anti Aircraft Battalion Royal Engineers.
In 1940 his Brigade Commander requested him to command a “Demoralised Regiment” (Bofors AA regiment) where he was charged with “working wonders within 6 months”.
Towards the latter stages of the war Charles served with the Infantry (1944-45) and following the wars end he retired from the Army (1946).
Medals
WW2 Defence Medal
War Medal 1939-45
1939-45 Star
France & Germany Star
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.).
Territorial Decoration (TD)
Conflicts
World War II
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