HUMPHREY, Bert
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
52ME Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Bn.
Service:
Army
Service Number:
6402436
Born:
Sunday, August 4, 1918
Birthplace:
Brighton, Sussex
Died :
Friday, July 25, 1941
Died on war service
Age:
22
Cemetery/Memorial:
Private Bert Humphrey, 52 Middle East Commando ('D' Bn., Layforce), died after the rearguard action that took place in Crete. He had been reported missing 2 June 1941 and was a prisoner of war. Son of Lilian Greenfield, of Brighton, Sussex.
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/188/253.
[3] Casualty Lists 1939-45 National Archives file WO417/27.
Notes
Source @ [2] shows captured Salonika theatre of war.
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