CORDA, Francisco

Known as: 
seen elsewhere as JORDA or FORDA
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Royal Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6100521
P.O.W. number: 
12345
Spanish volunteer who served in 'D' Bn., Layforce. Reported missing on 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete. Later found to have been taken prisoner of war and transported to Stalag 21A at Thorn, Poland.
 
Notes/Sources
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/10 shows surname as CORDA (Stalag 21A)
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/202/374 (shows Francisco Jorda or Corda and Camp as Stalag 3D).
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28 shows surname as JORDA.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36 shows surname as CORDA.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/95 shows surname as FORDA.
 

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