RICE, Charles

Birth name: 
KUTSCHAKA, Karl
Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
10 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Pioneer Corps
Royal Sussex Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6436345
P.O.W. number: 
25328
Private Charles Rice, 'X' Troop, was a refugee from Czechoslavakia (Sudeten German) born Karl KUTSCHAKA. He was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war. 
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/57 and WO417/94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/304/493.
War Diary 10 IA Commando , June 1942 - Sept 1945 / National Archives/DEFE 2/45.  
'The book 'X' Troop, author Leah Garrett.
 
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