MARINO, Angel

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Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Royal Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6100529
P.O.W. number: 
24903
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Born: 
Friday, April 27, 1917
Private Angel Marino, a Spanish volunteer from Bilbao, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete. He remained at liberty in Crete for 10 months living alone in the mountains until recaptured by 2 Greek policeman. He was a prisoner for the remainder of the war. Enlisted June 1940. Formerly employed as a waiter.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28 and 44.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/246/118.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO361/172 (surname erroneously spelt as MARIONO).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/210/1.
Spanish Volunteers Enlisted in the Queen's Royal Regiment / National Archives file WO392/10 and WO392/20.
 
Notes
50 and 52 ME Commando formed 'D' Bn Layforce at Crete.
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
'Volunteers from Spain, 50 ME Commando'
Archive pages : 
50ME Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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