IRVINE, Donald
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Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
York and Lancaster Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
4745417
P.O.W. number:
135258
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Honours & Awards:
Born:
Tuesday, January 20, 1914
Birthplace:
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
Died:
1991
Place died:
West Ridings, Yorkshire
Lance Sergeant Donald Irvine MM was reported missing 6 June 1944, later confirmed as a prisoner of war. At this time a small number of commandos from No.2 Commando were engaged in a failed attempt to locate and liberate their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel 'Jack' Churchill, who had been captured during Operation Flounced on the island of Brac a few days earlier.
- Awarded the Military Medal for gallant and distinguished service in Italy on 10 October 1943 whilst serving in The York and Lancaster Regiment.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/78 (1944), WO417/84 (1944), and WO417/93 (1945).
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/237/204.
Award - London Gazette 36415, page 1150 and award recommendation in WO373/4/542.
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