SINNOTT, Edward
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Known as:
Ted
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
South Lancashire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3654059
P.O.W. number:
18730
Operations:
Lance Corporal Edward Sinnott, aged 20 and from Widnes, served in 4 Troop and was one of the commando contingent embarked on motor launch ML 306 for the raid at St Nazaire on 28 March 1942. Wounded during the raid, he was later transported to Stalag 357 at Oerbke, Nr. Fallingbostel Germany. Post war he emigrated to Australia.
Sources
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/48.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/11.
Article in the Liverpool Echo 11 April 1942.
St Nazaire Society website.
Obituaries Commando Association newsletter 93 issued 1991.
[Image] Report in the Runcorn Weekly News 18 February 1944.
Notes
Rank as shown on PoW Lists and CA Newsletter.
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