HUMPHREYS, Arthur William
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Rank:
Colour Sergeant
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X1305
P.O.W. number:
1398
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Sunday, March 5, 1916
Birthplace:
Greenwich
Died:
1998
Place died:
Lincolnshire
Colour Sergeant Arthur Humphreys was wounded and taken prisoner on 8 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France. He spent the next six weeks in German Military Hospitals before being moved on 21 July 1944 to a prisoner of war camp. He escaped on 10 April 1945 whilst being marched eastwards away from Marlag and Milad Nord Camp.
Arthur William Humphreys enlisted into the Royal Marines on 17 July 1933 and served for 13 years after which he joined the Federation of Malaya Police as a Police Inspector. In 1954 he became an Inspector in the Northampton and District branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Arthur William Humphreys enlisted into the Royal Marines on 17 July 1933 and served for 13 years after which he joined the Federation of Malaya Police as a Police Inspector. In 1954 he became an Inspector in the Northampton and District branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Sources
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
Prisoners of War / National Archives files ADM 201/111 (surname spelt as HUMPHRIES).
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/188/292.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/154/2.
Image and report in the Northampton Mercury 7 May 1954.
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