JOLLY, Arthur Robert
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Known as:
Robert
Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PO/X4173
P.O.W. number:
871
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Monday, February 13, 1922
Birthplace:
Hogsthorpe, Lincolnshire
Died:
2005
Place died:
Derbyshire
Arthur Robert Jolly, a Dairyman from Lincolnshire, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 6 June 1939 later volunteering for the Commandos. Marine Jolly was captured 19 August 1942 during Operation Jubilee at Dieppe, France.
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/165/1.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/199/381.
[Image] Stephane Saint-Martin.
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