MILLER, Ean Creighton

Known as: 
Ian
Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
137263
P.O.W. number: 
3692
Born: 
Wednesday, March 13, 1912
Birthplace: 
Seklmorlie, Ayrshire
Died: 
1989
Place died: 
Brighton
22.06.1940 commissioned Second Lieutenant [1].
28.03.1941 Second Lieutenant, 'A' Company 'D' Bn. Layforce at Geneifa [1a].
25-28.05.1941 wounded during operations at Kastellorizzo [2][2a]. 
01.06.1941 prisoner of war during the rearguard action at Crete [2a][3][3a]
 
Sources
[1] LG 34883, page 3928 (forename amended from Ian Creighton to E.C. on LG 35720, page 4210 (1942).
[1a] 52 Middle East Commando War Diary 28 March 1941 (List of Officers 'D' Bn Layforce).
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/2, initials amended from from E.C to I.C. on WO417/3.
[2a] 50 Me Cdo Casualty List 25th-28th Feb. 1941 in Crete - Ref. GRO2E/1188/69C / National Archives WO361/124.
[3] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/2 [1a][2]
[3a] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
[4] German Record cards of British PoWs / National Archives files WO416/255/305.
[5] Registers of Deaths Brighton, Sussex, Register no. 1189, Volume 18, page 294.
 
Notes
The source at [4] gives his forename as Ean and also his date and place of birth. The same name and date of birth are confirmed on source [5] above.
 

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