ALBALADEJO, Alexander

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Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Pioneer Corps
Queen's Royal Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
13808266
6100503
P.O.W. number: 
21283
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Born: 
Saturday, March 20, 1920
Private Alexander Albaladejo, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing in Crete on 2 June 1941; found to have been wounded, captured and later transported to Stalag 344.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/30; WO417/34; and WO417/92.
Prisoners of War Lists, Second World War, 1943-1945. / National Archives file WO392/20.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/3/272.
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
'Volunteers from Spain, 50 ME Commando'
Archive pages : 
50ME Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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