CEVANTES, Santiago
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Royal Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6100546
Born:
Saturday, August 3, 1918
Private Santiago Cevantes, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/34, WO417/42, and WO417/95.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/10 and WO392/20.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/61/217 (surname Spelt CERVANTES).
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