ROWLANDS, Eric Douglas
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Service:
Army
Number:
7598224
P.O.W. number:
16258
Born:
Tuesday, December 9, 1919
Birthplace:
Liverpool
Eric Douglas Rowlands, a Motor Mechanic from Liverpool, enlisted into the Territorial Army 29 May 1939. Lance Corporal Rowlands, R.E.M.E. attached to No.6 Commando, was reported missing 14 December 1942 during operations in the Mateur Sector of Tunisia, later confirmed wounded and prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/56, 57, and 94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/315/150.
* Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated PoW Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/273/2.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/56, 57, and 94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/315/150.
* Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated PoW Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/273/2.
[Image] Liverpool Echo 06 February 1943.
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