THRIFT, Frank, W.
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
6459241
P.O.W. number:
18681
P.O.W. camps:
Operations:
Lance Corporal Frank Thrift, 3 Troop, was one of the commando contingent embarked on HMS Campbeltown for Operation Chariot, the raid at St. Nazaire 28 March 1942. Reported missing after the raid, found to have been taken prisoner and transported to Stalag 344 Lamsdorf, Poland.
Sources
St. Nazaire Society.
CVA Gallery image of 3 Troop & 2Cdo Boxing team.
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/43.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/1.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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