RACHELL, Alfred William John
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X2920
P.O.W. number:
39748
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Saturday, November 13, 1920
Alfred Rachell from East London enlisted into the Royal Marines on 26 November 1937. He volunteered for the first RM Commando unit raised in 1942. Marine Rachell was wounded 19 August 1942, hospitalised, and a prisoner of war after Operation Jubilee at Dieppe, France.
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/263/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/263/1.
Imperial Prisoners of War - Naval Forces / National Archives file WO392/7.
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
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