BAYLISS, Leonard Frank
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Known as:
Len
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
5 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
6467968
P.O.W. number:
18765
Born:
Friday, April 6, 1917
Birthplace:
Dover, Kent
Operations:
Lance Sergeant Len Bayliss, 3 Troop, was in Lieutenant John Roderick's Assault Party on HMS Campbeltown during the raid on St Nazaire. Wounded and prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/48.
National Archives file WO361/1797/1.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/23/175 (Stalag 133).
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 72 issued March 1981.
His granddaughter Mandy French.
CVA Gallery entry
St Nazaire Society / James Dorrian.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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