EDWARDS, Denis Gold

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Worcestershire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5253147
P.O.W. number: 
18716
Born: 
Sunday, June 16, 1918
Birthplace: 
Pengam, Wales
Private Denis Edwards was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Charot at St Nazaire, later found to have been wounded and taken prisoner of war. He had embarked on HMS Campbeltown for the raid.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/49.
Prisoners of War  / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/109/104 (Marlag and Milag Nord).
St Nazaire Society.
 

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