| Surname: | Fullerton |
| Initials: | C |
| Rank: | Captain |
| Army Number: | 161931 |
| Notes: | Provost Officer. Military Medal. Gordon Highlanders later Royal Armoured Corps. Formerly Platoon Sergeant Major 5 Gordon Highlanders, captured with 52 Highland Division St Valery and escaped to Gibraltar. 5/44 APM 44 Indian Division. Discharged to Commission London Gazette 35063, page 680, dated 4/2/41. Gordon Highlanders. The undermentioned to be 2/Lt. 21/12/40: (2871816) WO Cl III Charles Fullerton, (161931). 12/5/44 APM 44 Indian Armoured Div. Home address: father, Pitmedden, Undy, Aberdeenshire later 5 Belhelvie Village, Aberdeenshire, enlisted in the TA 4/1939, occupation Clerk, Aberdeen County Council. Charles Fullerton. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Military Medal (London Gazette: 35002 Page: 6802 Nov. 29, 1940) |
| Citation: | BEF. No. 2871816 Warrant Officer Class III (platoon Sergeant Major) Charles Fullerton, The 5 Gordon Highlanders.Citation: He was in command of a platoon of D Company on the forward edge of the Heyswalt Wood on the extreme left in the battalion front. This post was heavily shelled, both in the morning and in the evening of the 14th and each shelling was followed by an attack which was repulsed. Owing to enemy fighting patrols it was not possible to establish communications with battalion HQ. Accordingly PSM Fullerton set off by himself and got through to Coy. HQ and led back a fighting patrol ans stretcher bearers, thereby enabling the wounded to be evacuated. He then led the patrol to the the Bois Cawe which was occupied by the enemy. This he seized, capturing some 10 prisoners and leaving about 20 dead. The following day accompanied 2/Lt Gall on his patrol and found that the forward platoon posts had been captured by the enemy. In the evening he personally covered the withdrawal of the remainder of the Company, consisting of Capt. Lowrie and 28 men. he displayed great efficiency and courage in the setting of booby traps and inflicted severe casualties on the enemy. PSM Fullerton was subsequently taken prisoner as St Valery on June 11. Some 10 days later he escaped from the Lukembony ? via Le Treport - Paris - Marseilles - Cannes - Marseilles - Barcelona and Gibraltar.Recommended by Lt/Col A W Buchanan-Smith for the DCM, awarded the MM. |
| Decoration: | Mention in Despatches (London Gazette: 35020 Page: 7191 Dec. 20, 1940) |
| Citation: | BEF. 2871816 WO III (PSM) C Fullerton, Gordon Highlanders.A detailed account of his capture and escape can be found in file WO 373/60. He arrived in Londonderry, Northern Ireland on the 28/9/1940 via Gibraltar on the Destroyer HMS Velox. |
Provost Officer Appointments: | |
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