THOMAS, Iorwerth Cyrus

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Known as:

Cyrus

Rank:

Lance Sergeant

Unit / Base:

3 Commando

Regiment/Corps:

Royal Artillery

Service:

Army

Service Number:

1654813

P.O.W. number:

225539

P.O.W. camps:

Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany

Born:

Wednesday, June 9, 1909

Birthplace:

Pontardawe, Breconshire, Wales

Died :

Monday, June 5, 1989

Place died or last resided:

Breconshire, Wales

Age:

Iorwerth Cyrus Thomas, a Welsh Labourer, enlisted 26 September 1940. He later volunteered for Special Service and was attached to No.3 Commando. Lance Sergeant Thomas, 6 Troop, was reported missing on 13 July 1943 during operations at the Punta del Malati Bridge, Sicily, later renamed 3 Commando Bridge. He was last seen with his Section soon after withdrawal from the bridge crossing the large field towards the orange groves on the left hand side of the road, on his way to take up a position on the hills. Subsequently confirmed prisoner of war. Liberated 17 April 1945.

Sources

Sicily, No 3 Commando Missing personnel file. ref. National Archives WO/361/968

Report by Capt. John Alderson , copy attached to above NA file.

Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/67.

Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.

Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/315/2.

[Image] His grandson Steve Jones.

Photo of Commando in Gallery:

Yes

Additional content:

3 Commando at Sicily and Malati Bridge’

‘Sicily - Operation Husky’