OAKLEY, Gerald

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Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
5958696
P.O.W. number: 
7265
P.O.W. camps: 
Camp PG66, Capua, Italy
Camp PG73, Fossoli di Carpi, Modena, Italy
Stalag XVIII-A (18A), Wolfsberg Austria
Born: 
Monday, May 22, 1922
Birthplace: 
London
Gerald Oakley enlisted 21 September 1940, former occupation Clerk. He later volunteered for the commandos. Private Oakley, No.3 Commando, was reported missing during operations at Sicily 14 July 1943 subsequently confirmed a prisoner of war. He lived at Clapham Common, London, after liberation in 1945.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/275/60.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/237/1.
 
Additional content: 
3 Commando at Sicily and Malati Bridge’
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando
Prisoners of War

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