FITTON, John

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Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Unit / Base: 
2 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Welch Fusiliers, 6th Bn.
Service: 
Army
Number: 
89992
P.O.W. number: 
11851
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag XX-A (20A), Thorn (Torun), Poland
Oflag VII-B (7B), Eichstaat, Germany
Born: 
Sunday, July 1, 1917

Second Lieutenant John Fitton was reported prisoner of war during operations at Pothus, Norway (Scissors Force). He was captured on 26 May 1940. Previously wrongly reported missing believed killed.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/1 (x2 entries).
No.2 Independent Commando War Diary - Nominal Roll of Casualties at Bodo.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 7B).
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/122/32 (Stalag 20A) (shows middle name as Rob).

Notes

Possibly ident with John Fitton, born 1 July 1917; died Madrid 1991.

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Independent Companies and Special Service Battalions
Archive pages : 
No 2 Independent Company
Prisoners of War

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