THOW, Henry Beverley
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Rank:
Bombardier
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Service Number:
897673
P.O.W. number:
95883
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Sunday, May 12, 1918
Henry Beverley Thow, a Glazier and Painter from Ayr, Scotland, enlisted 29 August 1939. Volunteered for Special Service and attached to No.7 Commando. Embarked for the Middle East with Layforce. Bombardier Thow was reported missing, later confirmed prisoner of war 1 June 1941, during operations at Crete.
Sources
Sources
[1] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/315/2.
[2] Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
[3] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11.
[2] Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
[3] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11.
[4] Royal Artillery Attestation Records.
Notes
Sources at [3] show Stalag VIIIB however Bdr. Thow himself wrote on Source [1] Stalag IVB (Jul.'41 - Oct.'41); Work Camps in Sudetenland (Oct.'41 - Sep.'43); and Stalag 383 Hohenfels (Sep.'43 - Apr.'45).
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