DONOVAN, James

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5948105
P.O.W. number: 
26664
Born: 
Friday, September 5, 1913
Birthplace: 
Dublin, Eire
Private James Donovan, No.1 Section of No.6 Troop, was reported missing on 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe France, later found to be a prisoner of war. 
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War  / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/100/87.
Image in No.3 Cdo Gallery of names of those in No1 Section, 6 Troop, No.3 Cdo as of 19 August 1942.
 
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