EVANS, Frank
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Devonshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5617635
P.O.W. number:
18680
P.O.W. camps:
Operations:
Private Frank Evans took part in the raid at St. Nazaire on 28 March 1942. He embarked on motor launch ML262 and was reported missing after the raid, but was subsequently found to have been taken prisoner. He was transported to Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf, Poland. He had earlier also served at the S.T.C. and No.3 Commando*.
Sources
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/3.
Prisoners War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO393/11.
St Nazaire Society website.
*Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 115 issued September 2002.
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