GRIEF, George Valentine

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Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
5949085
P.O.W. number: 
18753
P.O.W. camps: 
Front Stalag 133, nr. Rennes, France
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Born: 
Wednesday, February 18, 1920
Birthplace: 
Hull, Yorkshire
Died: 
1997
Place died: 
Bedfordshire
Operations: 
'St. Nazaire - Operation Chariot'
George Grief 2 Commando
George Grief April 1982
Lance Corporal George Grief, 1 Troop, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire, later found to be a prisoner of war. He had embarked on ML177 for the raid. Post war member of the Commando Association from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists  / National Archives file WO417/45.
Prisoners of War  / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/151/248 Stalag 133).
Deaths registered in Luton July 1997.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 105 issued September 1997.
St. Nazaire Society.
[Images] CVA Gallery.
 
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Archive pages : 
No 2 Commando
St Nazaire Commandos
Prisoners of War

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