BROOK, Denis Ernest Martin
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Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Bn.
Service:
Army
Service Number:
7905220
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, February 20, 1918
Denis Ernest Martin Brook, a Food Packer from Surrey, enlisted into the Armed Forces 22 January 1940. Trooper Brook, attached to 'A' Battalion of Layforce, was reported missing later confirmed prisoner of war 20 April 1941 during an operation at Bardia, Cyrenaica, Libya. After the Italian surrender he was released on 10 September 1943 from a Work Camp at Gassino. He evaded capture in Italy until the end of the war.
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/41/2.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/24, WO417/25, and WO41793.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/21.
Notes
'A' Battalion was formed primarily of commandos from No.7 Commando. Service Record required for service details prior to Layforce.
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