GALERA, Enrique

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Royal Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6100518
P.O.W. number: 
21565
Corporal Enrique Galera, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing in Crete on 2 June 1941, later found to be a prisoner of war.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
Prisoners of War Lists, Second World War, 1943-1945. / National Archives file WO392/10 and 20 (Stalag 8C).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/132/94 (Stalag 8B) (forename shown as Enrique).
Photo in the CVA Gallery identified by his daughter Janet.
 
Notes
Initial on CasLists is R. German record cards show Enrique.
 

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