SANDBACH, Cecil Emerson

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Rank: 
Lieutenant (later Honorary Captain)
Unit / Base: 
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Cheshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
170234
P.O.W. number: 
3590
P.O.W. camps: 
Oflag IV-C (4C), Colditz Castle, Saxony
Oflag X-C (10C), Lubeck, Germany
Born: 
Tuesday, September 12, 1911
Birthplace: 
Wirral, England
Cecil Sandbach
03.11.1940, O.C.T.U. commissioned Second Lieutenant, Cheshire Regiment [1].
28.03.1941, Second Lieutenant, 'B' Company 'D' Bn., Layforce at Geneifa [2].
01.06.1941, Lieutenant, prisoner of war, Crete [3][3a][3b][3c].
29.01.1947, relinquished commission granted honorary rank of Captain [4].
Extract from the LIverpool Evening Express
26 July 1941
"Second Lieutenant Cecil Sandbach, son of Mr and Mrs. J. Sandbach of Plas Newydd, Pooltown Road, Ellesmere Port, has been taken prisoner in the Middle East. Serving with the Cheshire Regiment he was formerly in the Cheshire Yeomanry."
 
Sources
[1] London Gazette 35069, page 804.
[2] 52 Middle East Commando War Diary 28/3/1941 (List of 'D' Bn. Layforce Officers).
[3] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/2 and WO417/9.
[3a] Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and WO392/11 (Oflag 4C).
[3b] Prisoners of War in Germany Jan-Jun 1942 / National Archives file FO 916/256.
[3c] German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/318/501 (Oflag 10C).
[4] London Gazette 37906, page 1253.
[Image] Liverpool Evening Express 26 July 1941.
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
Archive pages : 
Layforce
52ME Commando
Prisoners of War

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