MCGOLDRICK, James William
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Known as:
John
Rank:
Gunner
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
3529332
P.O.W. number:
7391
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Wednesday, June 2, 1920
Gunner McGoldrick from Ashton under Lyne was awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service whilst serving as part of the British Expeditionary Force in France. After volunteering for No.3 Commando he took part in Operation Ambassador at Guernsey July 1940. He was reported missing presumed drowned during the raid, but later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
London Gazette 34893, page 4266.
Casualty Lists /National Archives files WO417/17, WO417/18, and WO417/23.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/11.
Liberated Prisoner of War Questionnaires 1945/46 / National Archives file WO344/198/2.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/236/98.
Storm from the Sea, author Brig. Peter Young.
Commando - Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2, author Brig. John Durnford-Slater.
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