BRIGHT, Gerald Kitchener
Primary tabs
Known as:
Tankie
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
4974182
P.O.W. number:
18645
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Saturday, July 1, 1916
Birthplace:
Langwith, Nottinghamshire
Died:
1983
Place died:
Sheffield
Operations:
Lance Sergeant Gerald Bright was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later found to be a prisoner of war. He had embarked on board HMS Campbeltown. Post war member of the Commando Association from Sheffield.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/43.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/42/161 (Marlag u Milag Nord Camp) .
St Nazaire Society.
St Nazaire Society.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 78 (March 1984).
[Image] Cropped from the photo titled 'St Nazaire Raid Commando veterans on HM Yacht Britannia April 1982' in Gallery.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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