FARMER, Idris Lawrence
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Known as:
Frank
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Welch Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
885113
P.O.W. camps:
1938 attested into the Royal Artillery [1].
17.03.1939 posted Welch Regiment [1].
02.12.1942 (No.1 Commando) prisoner of war during operations in North Africa [2][2a].
09.1943 arrived Switzerland after escaping Italian captivity [3].
1945 arrived back in the UK [3].
Post war member of the Commando Association from Gourock, Strathclyde [4].
Sources
[1] RA Attestations 1938.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/55, 67, and 87.
[2a] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/21.
[3] POW, Escape via Switzerland Report / National Archives file WO208/4250.
[4] Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 112 (2001).
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