PARKES, Frederick
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Known as:
Fred
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
South Lancashire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3652898
P.O.W. number:
18621
Born:
Monday, May 27, 1918
Birthplace:
Liverpool
Operations:
Lance Corporal Frederick Parkes, 4 Troop, was reported missing after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire 28 March 1942, later found to be a prisoner of war. He embarked for the raid on motor launch ML 268. Post war member of the Commando Association from Clitheroe, Lancashire.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/43.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/282/120 (Front Stalag 133).
St Nazaire Society website.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 96 issued March 1993.
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