FOX, George

Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Cheshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
4132357
P.O.W. number: 
50084
Born: 
Thursday, October 15, 1914
George Fox 6 Commando
George Fox was employed in a Salt Works in Cheshire prior to enlisting on 16 July 1940, later volunteering for the commandos. Lance Corporal Fox, No.6 Commando, was reported missing 26 February 1943 during operations near El-Aroussa in Tunisia (Battle of Steamroller Farm), subsequently confirmed slightly wounded by shrapnel and a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association from Congleton.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/59.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/112/1.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 106 issued March 1998.
[Image] Ray Fox (grandson).
 
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