BEATTIE, Alexander

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Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
11 Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Gordon Highlanders
Service: 
Army
Number: 
2886105
P.O.W. number: 
29426
P.O.W. camps: 
Camp PG52, Pian de Coreglia, Chiavari, Italy
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Born: 
Wednesday, June 2, 1915
Birthplace: 
Fraserburgh
Alexander Beattie 11 Commando

Corporal Alexander Beattie was taken prisoner of war on 21 November 1941 after Operation Flipper, the raid on Rommel's HQ. 

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives files WO392/1, WO392/11 and WO392/21.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/24/74.
Report in the Aberdeen Evening Express 31 December 1943.
[Image] Michael Beattie, great grandson.
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 
'Rommel HQ - Operation Flipper'
Article about No.11 Commandos' Beattie and Murray
Archive pages : 
No 11 Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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