PRESTON, John Alfred

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
South Lancashire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
3650666
P.O.W. number: 
18672
Private John Preston, aged 29 and from Earlestown St Helens, served in 4 Troop and was one of the commando contingent who embarked on Motor Launch ML 306 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St. Nazaire on 28 March 1942. Reported missing after the raid; later found to have been taken prisoner and transported to Stalag 344 Lamsdorf, Poland.
 
Sources
[1] British army Casualty Lists 1939-45 /National Archives file WO417/43.
[2] Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/1.
[3] Article in the Liverpool Echo 11 April 1942.
[4] St. Nazaire Society website.
 

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