BARBER, Ralph
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Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
South Wales Borderers
Service:
Army
Number:
4079711
P.O.W. number:
82007
Born:
Tuesday, November 5, 1918
Ralph Barber was a Steel Machinist from Ardwick, Manchester, who enlisted 19 October 1939. Trooper Barber, No.3 Commando, was reported missing 7 June 1944, later confirmed as wounded and prisoner of war 8 June 1944 near Caen, Normandy,
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/77, 80, and 82.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/11.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/16/2.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/16/2.
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