PENFOLD, Frederick Arthur
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
6460208
P.O.W. number:
18567
Born:
Friday, August 20, 1920
Birthplace:
Sheffield
Died:
2003
Place died:
Lancashire
Operations:
Fusilier Frederick Penfold, 6 troop, was reported missing after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire 28 March 1942, later found to be a prisoner of war. He was one of the commando contingent who embarked on Motor Launch ML 192.
Sources
St. Nazaire Society website.
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/43.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/286/503 (Front Stalag 133).
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 118 issued Feb. 2004.
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