WESTLAKE, Peter David
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Rank:
Rifleman
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Ulster Rifles
Service:
Army
Number:
7016551
P.O.W. number:
18569
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, March 7, 1917
Operations:
Peter David Westlake enlisted into the Royal Ulster Rifles on 3 May 1940, civil occupation - Clerk. He later volunteered for the Commandos and was attached to No.2 Commando 6 Troop. Rifleman Westlake was one of the commando contingent who embarked on Motor Launch ML 192 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942. Reported missing after the raid later confirmed a prisoner of war. After liberation in 1945 he was residing in London.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/43.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/43.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 119 issued Sept. 2004.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/339/2.
St Nazaire Society website.
6 Troop image in CVA Gallery.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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