SHAWYER, Henry Alfred
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Hampshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
5502080
P.O.W. number:
77005
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Monday, January 29, 1917
Birthplace:
Southampton
Henry Alfred Shawyer, a Flour Mill Machine Hand from Southampton, enlisted 16 October 1939. Volunteered for Special Service and attached to No.7 Commando. Embarked for the Middle East with Layforce. Private Shawyer was reported missing 20 April 1941 during operations in Cyrenaica (Bardia Raid), later confirmed prisoner of war.
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/284/2.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/24, WO417/27.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/326/134.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 (Stalag 8A), WO392/11 (Stalag 8B) and WO392/21 (Italy).
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