RAISBECK, Robert Douglas Grant
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Known as:
Bob
Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
4 Independent Company
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (Liverpool Scottish)
Service:
Army
Number:
2930958
P.O.W. number:
29365
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, January 29, 1919
Birthplace:
Lark Hall
Corporal Robert Raisbeck was reported missing, later found to have been taken prisoner of war on 30 July 1941.He served with No.4 Independent Company and 'B' Company No.1 Special Service Battalion (later No.2 Commando).
In December 1940 he was part of a Detachment that embarked for Malta as part of Force 'X' for Folbot operations from submarines. They were temporarily designated on their arrival as No.1 Section Egyptian Detail under naval command at the base of the 10th (Malta) Submarine Flotilla.
In December 1940 he was part of a Detachment that embarked for Malta as part of Force 'X' for Folbot operations from submarines. They were temporarily designated on their arrival as No.1 Section Egyptian Detail under naval command at the base of the 10th (Malta) Submarine Flotilla.
Sources
No.4 Independent Company Nominal Roll.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/30, WO417/31, and WO417/96.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1, WO392/21.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives fileWO416/299/264.
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