HARRISON, Charles, F.

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Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Leicestershire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
4856341
P.O.W. number: 
12203
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag 383, Hohenfels Germany
Stalag 111-D (3D), Berlin-Steglitz Germany
Born: 
Friday, July 16, 1915
Birthplace: 
Lincoln
Corporal Harrison, 'D' Bn., Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/29.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/180/252 (Stalag 3D).
 
Notes
Cas. and POW Lists only show initials of C.F.
Date and place of birth from the transcription of WO416 record above.
Date of birth tallies with a Charles F. Harrison whose birth was registered in Lincoln during the months of July, August, and Sept. 1915, mothers maiden name ULYET.
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
Archive pages : 
50ME Commando
52ME Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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