BLAKE, Dennis Lester
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Household Cavalry Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
295168
P.O.W. number:
12454
Born:
Monday, September 17, 1917
Dennis Lester Blake from Morden, Surrey, enlisted 19 November 1936. Corporal Blake was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/30, and WO417/93 (1945).
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
WW11 Liberated POW Questionnaires 1945-6 / National Archives file WO344 Directorate of Mil. Int.
Notes
50 and 52 ME Commando formed 'D' Bn Layforce at Crete.
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