CLEAVELEY, Francis Gilbert
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Known as:
Frank
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Gloucestershire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
5186173
P.O.W. number:
26776
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Monday, August 19, 1918
Francis Cleaveley, a Railway Porter from Stroud, Gloucestershire, enlisted 15 September 1939 and later volunteered for the commandos. Private Cleaveley was wounded and missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, subsequently confirmed a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/52 and WO417/94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/65/1.
[Image] Leigh Kitchen.
Notes
Rank shown as on sources above. Seen elsewhere as LCpl.
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