Tsigle (Elroy), Samuel (Katroon)

Son of Rivka and Reuven, was born on 28.5.1924 in the city of Hrubieszow, Poland, to a Hasidic-Zionist family and studied in a “cheder”. He immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1935 and lives in Tel Aviv. In Israel, he studied at the Yavneh high school, where he prepared himself for the matriculation exams, but was not arrested because of his extensive activity in the Hagana organization, which he had been a member of since his membership in the Hanoar Haoved movement. He completed two courses for clerks at the Authorized Teacher Center and Pietman. He worked at the Anglo-Palestine Bank in Tel Aviv, and spent many trips throughout the country to get to know its landscapes, its paths and its forests, and from 1942 to 1946 he was a guard at Givat Rambam and in northern Tel Aviv. In 1947, he was commander of a course for commanders, was one of the participants in the “Wingate Night”, the activities of Sharona, Abu Laban and the Arab conquerors of Yavneh, and served in senior positions in the Israel Defense Forces. , A Givati ​​Brigade brigade commander, a third of the Givati ​​Brigade, and recently a deputy battalion commander in the Oded Brigade.In the course of Operation Yoav the Negev was forced to conquer the Egyptian “Burma Road” To the south of Kiryat Shmona, Shmuel joined the company, and was injured after the breach of the security fence, and the attacker was forced to withdraw, but one of his subjects was also injured during the retreat. Shmuel died on the battlefield on the 19th of Tishrei, 5709 (19.10.1948), leaving a wife, cheerful, from his estate, the result of his diligent work on military problems from the days of the Haganah, evidently gifted with brilliant military-tactical talent. The boy who worked and the seemingly quiet bank clerk had the wisdom of foresight in unexpected situations in a war action On 21.12.1950 he was laid to rest in the military cemetery at Nahalat Yitzhak.