ARMITAGE, Harold Edward
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
West Yorkshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
4546729
P.O.W. number:
229414
Born:
Tuesday, August 8, 1922
Birthplace:
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Harold Edward Armitage, a Labourer from Huddersfield, Yorkshire, enlisted 18 April 1941. He volunteered for the commandos and was attached to No.2 Commando 3 Troop.
Reported missing at Salerno, Italy, later found to be a prisoner of war. Captured 10 September 1943 whilst patrolling the Eastern slopes of Liberatore Hill with Private Brinkley and Corporal Hawkins.
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/ 69.
[2] Salerno casualties document [Linked Content below].
[3] Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 4D/Z).
[4] Geman Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/9/529 (Stalag 4B).
[5] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/9/1.
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