STABLES, Leslie
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
11 Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Scots 2nd Bn.
Service:
Army
Number:
3063118
P.O.W. number:
27984
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Sunday, February 20, 1916
Leslie Stables, a Bottle Inspector from Yorkshire, enlisted on 20 June 1940. After volunteering for the Commandos he was attached to No.11 Commando and embarked with them for the Middle East as part of Layforce. Lance Corporal Stables was reported missing 21 November 1941 during operations at Beda Littoria, Libya, later found to be a prisoner of war (Operation Flipper).
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/35, 37 and 94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1, 11, and 21.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/300/1.
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