MCLELLAN, Dugald Bone

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Rank: 
Trooper
Unit / Base: 
52ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Scots Greys
Royal Armoured Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
320145
P.O.W. number: 
12355
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag 111-D (3D), Berlin-Steglitz Germany
Stalag IV-F (4F), Hartmannsdorf Chemnitz, Germany
Stalag IV-G (4G), Oschatz, Saxony, Germany
Born: 
Friday, February 13, 1920
Birthplace: 
Glasgow.
Dugald Mclellan 52 Middle East Commmando
23.03.1938 enlisted Cavalry of the Line aged 18. 
26.03.1938 posted Royal Scots Greys.
02.11.1940 attached 52 Middle East Commando.
02.06.1941 reported missing during operations at Crete; prisoner of war since 01.06.1941.
21.05.1945 disembarked UK after liberation.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/29, WO417/30, and WO417/94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 (Stalag 4F) and WO392/11 (Stalag 4G).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/240/125 (Stalag 3D).
[Image and copy of Army Service Record] Fraser Mclellan, son.
 
Notes
52 Middle East Commando was part of 'D' Bn., Layforce for Crete.
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
'Layforce'
Archive pages : 
52ME Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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