PAXTON, Charles Henry

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
11 Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service: 
Army
Number: 
2933778
P.O.W. number: 
6111

Private Charles Paxton, 10 Troop, was reported missing on 24 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ in Libya, and later found to be a prisoner of war.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1, WO392/11, and WO392/21.
Photo of 10 Troop in Gallery.


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