JONES, Richard Artus
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Rank:
Acting Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Engineers
Service:
Army
Number:
1868251
P.O.W. number:
25218
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, April 3, 1914
Birthplace:
Corsham
Lance Corporal Richard Jones, Royal Engineers attached to No.3 Commando, was reported missing after Operation Jubilee at Dieppe on 19 August 1942. He was later found to have been taken prisoner of war and transported to Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf, Poland.
- 28 March 1942 (No.3 Commando) embarked on Motor Launch ML307 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St. Nazaire. Evacuated back to the UK after the raid.
Sources
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Achives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/201/429.
St Nazaire Society website.
James Dorrian, author Storming St Nazaire.
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