DERBYSHIRE, John Joseph
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Engineers
Service:
Army
Number:
2010303
P.O.W. number:
25260
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Monday, February 21, 1916
Died:
1995
Place died:
Wigan
John Joseph Derbyshire, an Insurance Agent from Wigan, enlisted on 17 April 1940. Corporal Derbyshire, No.3 Commando, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during Operation Jubilee at Dieppe, France, later confirmed prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/49 and 52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/89/2.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/49 and 52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/89/2.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 104 (1997).
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