ROSE, Harry, E.G.
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Suffolk Regiment
Northamptonshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5827498
P.O.W. camps:
Honours & Awards:
Lance Corporal Harry Rose was reported missing and a prisoner of war on 20 April 1941 during operations at Cyrenaica, Libya (Bardia raid). He later made good his escape and received a Mention in Despatches.
Recommendation
Captured at Bardia on 20 April 1941. Sent via Capua and Sulmona to Camp 102 (Aquila). In June 1943 Rose and another prisoner of war attempted to escape from a working party outside Camp 102; they had obtained civilian clothing from the Italian Communist Party who had also arranged to transport them to Rome. They were caught and sent back to camp.
After the Armistice prisoners of war in Camp 102 were taken into the hills by the Italian guards and Rose slipped away in the dark with three other prisoners of war. They made their way south meeting Allied troops near Maddaloni.
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/24 and WO417/27.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/21.
[3] Award Recommendations / National Archives file WO373/95/140.
[4] London Gazette 36563, page 2856.
Notes
Source [1], [2], and [3] show Suffolk Regiment.
Source [4] published June 1944 show Northamptonshire Regiment.
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