SHIPTON, Herbert John
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Known as:
Bert
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Engineers
Service:
Army
Number:
2041795
P.O.W. number:
18615
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, October 8, 1920
Operations:
Lance Corporal Bert Shipton from Peckham, London, embarked on Motor Launch ML 457 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942. Reported missing after the raid later found to be a prisoner of war. Enlisted April 1937. Civilian employment - Salesman.
Sources
St Nazaire Society website.
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/43.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/1.
St Nazaire Society website.
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/43.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/286/1.
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