VARNEY, Frank Ernest
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
11 Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Sherwood Forresters
Service:
Army
Number:
4977399
P.O.W. number:
247397
P.O.W. camps:
Lance Corporal Frank Varney, 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 WO417/46.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1, WO392/11, and WO392/21.
Photo of 10 Troop in Gallery.
Commando Association newsletter 83 issued September 1986.
[Image] Andrew Varney (Special Forces ROH website).
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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