DAW, Herbert Frank
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Hampshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Sussex Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
14241846
P.O.W. number:
6720
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, November 10, 1921
Birthplace:
Sussex
Herbert Frank Daw joined Hampshire Constabulary on 24 March 1941 and was appointed as Police Constable 524 on 4 April 1941. He volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 and joined HM Forces on 23 July 1942, the date of the 2nd Police Intake at the Commando Depot (also known as the Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry.
Lance Corporal Daw, No.3 Commando, was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations with No.3 Commando at Agnone, Sicily, and Malati Bridge, Lentini (3 Commando Bridge), later confirmed a prisoner of war.
Rejoined Hampshire Constabulary 11 November 1945 at Force HQ and later Christchurch. Resigned 2 December 1950.
Prison Camps
18.07.1943 - 28.08.1943. Camp PG66.
28.08.1943 - 11.09.1943 Camp PG73.
11.09.1943 - 27.04.1945 Stalag XVIIIA.
27.04.1945 - 09.05.1945 Stalag XVIIIB.
Extract from Commando Association newsletter 68.
Recently retired from full-time work as Clerk of Cheltenham Rural District Council, we congratulate ex-Cpl. Herbert Daw (3 Cdo) on his installation to the honorary ancient appointment of Borough Chamberlain of Tewkesbury, for his services to the re-organisation of local government in Gloucestershire.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/91/231.
* Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated PoW Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/86/1 (below).
Commando Association newsletter 68 (1979).
Report on his wedding in the the Kent & Sussex Courier 08 January 1943 (linked content below).
Police service: Derek Stevens, Sec. Hamps. Const. Police History Society, via Tony Moore, FRHistS, Police Historian.
Notes
The 1939 Register shows him as a shop assistant residing Burwash, Battle, Sussex.
Photo below is an extract from PoW Questionnaire in sources.
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