HOROBIN, Gilbert Crawford

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
7632126
P.O.W. number: 
21230
Born: 
Friday, December 25, 1914
Birthplace: 
Glasgow
Private Gilbert Horobin was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war since the previous day. In 1939 Gilbert, an ARP Warden, was residing in Fulham, London, and employed as a wholesale tea salesman. Enlisted 25 May 1940. 
 
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/31.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 383).
[2] German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/184/28 (Stalag 8B).
[4] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/150/2.
[5] The 1939 Register covering Fulham.
 

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