JOHNSON, Bernard William
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Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
52ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Royal Corps of Signals
Service:
Army
Number:
5106493
P.O.W. number:
21169
P.O.W. camps:
Trooper Bernard Johnson was first attested into the Royal Tank Corps in 1919. Having left he rejoined at the beginning of the war on 2 September 1939. He was reported wounded and prisoner of war 2 June 1941 during operations with No.7 Commando in Crete.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/33 and WO417/94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/33 and WO417/94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Royal Tank Corps Enlistment Records, 1919-1934.
Notes
Royal Tank Corps Register shows that he was transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals on 11 August 1942.
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