HAILES, Stanley Brian
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Known as:
Stan
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
4620600
P.O.W. number:
25816
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Saturday, February 19, 1916
Birthplace:
Harlow
Lance Corporal Stanley Hailes was one of the commando contingent who embarked on Motor Launch ML 307 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire on 28 March 1942. He was evacuated back to the UK after the raid and rejoined No.3 Commando [1][2] .
On 19 August 1942 he took part in the raid at Dieppe. No. 3 Commando's objective during Operation Jubilee was to assault and silence the coastal battery near Berneval. Reported missing after the operation, he was later found to have been taken prisoner and sent to Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf, Poland [2][3][4].
Sources
[1] St. Nazaire Society website.
[2] British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/53.
[3] Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/11.
[4] Commando Association newsletters 86 and 111.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/156/337.
[Image] James Dorrian, St. Nazaire Society.
Notes
Sources [2] [3] above list his rank as Private; whereas [1] [4] as Lance Corporal which may therefore have been an 'Acting' rather than 'War Substantive' rank.
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