TAYLOR, Harry, G.

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Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Rifle Brigade
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6912288
P.O.W. number: 
18746
P.O.W. camps: 
Front Stalag 133, nr. Rennes, France
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Born: 
Saturday, October 18, 1913
Birthplace: 
Rosherville, Kent
H.G. Taylor 2 Commando
Corporal Harry Taylor, 2 Troop, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire, later confirmed as wounded and a prisoner of war. He had embarked for the raid on Motor Launch ML 262.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists  / National Archives files WO417/41, WO417/43, and WO417/48
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/355/279 (Front Stalag 133).
St Nazaire Society website.
[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
Additional content: 
'St. Nazaire - Operation Chariot'
Archive pages : 
No 2 Commando
St Nazaire Commandos
Prisoners of War

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