HOLT, Frederick
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Known as:
Fred
Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
4 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps:
Liverpool Scottish QOCH
Service:
Army
Number:
2929875
P.O.W. number:
18596
P.O.W. camps:
Died:
1964
Age:
49
Operations:
Corporal Frederick Holt, 5 troop, was one of the commando contingent on board HMS Campbeltown during the raid at St Nazaire in March 1942 [1]. He was initially reported missing in action until it was discovered he had been taken prisoner [2][2a][2b]. He was transported to Stalag 383 at Hohenfels Germany [3].
Fred, who was from Wallasey in the Wirral, died in 1964 aged 49 [4].
Sources [1] St Nazaire Society website. [2] British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/43. [2a] Liverpool Echo newspaper April 17th 1942. [2b] British Newspaper Archive (website britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk); The British Library Board. [3] Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Achives file WO392/1. [4] + [image] CVA Gallery / His nephew David Holt.Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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