POWELL, Leslie

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Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Army Medical Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
7375204
P.O.W. number: 
18710
P.O.W. camps: 
Front Stalag 133, nr. Rennes, France
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Born: 
Saturday, December 13, 1919
Birthplace: 
Pudsey, Leeds, Yorkshire
Operations: 
'St. Nazaire - Operation Chariot'
Private Leslie Powell, R.A.M.C. attached to No.2 Commando HQ, was wounded and taken prisoner after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire 28 March 1942. He was one of the commando contingent who embarked on HMS Campbeltown.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/47.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/294/254 (Front Stalag 133).
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
St. Nazaire Society website.
St Nazaire Society 75th Anniversary Newsletter nom roll.
 
Archive pages : 
No 2 Commando
St Nazaire Commandos
Prisoners of War

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