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
Born:
Wednesday, February 18, 1920
Birthplace:
Hull, Yorkshire
Died:
1997
Place died:
Bedfordshire
Operations:
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.
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