MARTINEZ, Pereira

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Royal Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6100562
P.O.W. number: 
21168
Born: 
Sunday, April 16, 1916

Private Francisco Martinez, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists  / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1, WO392/10 and WO392/20.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/248/373.


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