ROE, Alfred John

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Rank: 
Petty Officer Motor Mechanic
Unit / Base: 
14 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
HMS Fox, RN
Service: 
Royal Navy
Service Number: 
P/MX 98752
P.O.W. camps: 
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Germany
Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany
Honours & Awards: 
Mentioned in Despatches
Born: 
Sunday, October 20, 1907
Died : 
Monday, April 9, 1945
Died on war service
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Hampshire, Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Operations: 
'Norway - Operation Checkmate'
Petty Officer Alfred Roe 14 Commando

Petty Officer Alfred Roe was one of the raiding party at Kopervik, Norway. He was captured and later died of typhus at Belsen Concentration Camp after transfer from Sachsenhausen. Husband of Dorothy Elizabeth Roe, of Manor Park, Slough, Buckinghamshire.

Sources
CWGC.
[Image] His great nephew Lawrence.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
14 Commando Roll of Honour
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Archive pages : 
No.14 Commando
Prisoners of War

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