TAYLOR, Harry, G.
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Rifle Brigade
Service:
Army
Number:
6912288
P.O.W. number:
18746
Born:
Saturday, October 18, 1913
Birthplace:
Rosherville, Kent
Corporal Harry Taylor, 2 Troop, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire, later confirmed as wounded and a prisoner of war. He had embarked for the raid on Motor Launch ML 262.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/41, WO417/43, and WO417/48
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/355/279 (Front Stalag 133).
St Nazaire Society website.
[Image] Cropped from the photo titled 'St Nazaire Raid Commando veterans on HM Yacht Britannia April 1982' in Gallery.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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