ABRAHAM, George Henry

Known as: 
Ted
Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5958457
P.O.W. number: 
80972
Born: 
Sunday, August 27, 1922
George Henry Abraham from Bexleyheath, Kent, enlisted 4 September 1940 later volunteering for the Commandos. Private Abraham, No.3 Commando, was wounded 14 July 1943 during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the Bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge).
  • 7 June 1944 wounded and missing during operations at Normandy, later found to be a prisoner of war.
  • Post war member of the Commando Association from Bideford, Devon.
 Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65, WO417/78, WO417/81, and WO417/86.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/11.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/1/1.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 104 issued March1997.
 

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