WILKINSON, John

Known as: 
'Jack', or 'Ginger'.
Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
PLY/X103684
P.O.W. number: 
25770
Born: 
Thursday, July 14, 1921
Died : 
Thursday, October 3, 1996
John Wilkinson 40RM Commando

John Wilkinson, a Cotton Operative from Rochdale, enlisted in the Royal Marines 6 May 1941. Volunteered in 1942 for the first Royal Marine Commando unit formed. Marine Wilkinson was wounded and a prisoner of war 19 August 1942 after Operation Jubilee at Dieppe, France.

Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/311/1.
Prisoners of War Records / National Archives file WO345/1.
Rod Wilkinson (son).
 
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