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:
Born:
Wednesday, June 9, 1909
Birthplace:
Pontardawe, Wales
Died:
1989
Place died:
Breconshire, Wales
Operations:
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 during operations at the Punta del Malati Bridge, Sicily. He was last seen with his Section soon after withdrawal from the bridge, later renamed 3 Commando 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. Later 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.
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.
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