MURRAY, John
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
CH/X 117877
P.O.W. number:
82539
Born:
Sunday, April 21, 1912
Birthplace:
Cork
John Murray, a Labourer from Cork City, Eire, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 14 April 1942. Marine Murray, 46RM Commando 'B' troop, was wounded by shrapnel and a prisoner of war 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots, Normandy. Initially held for 18 days at Chartres Military Hospital, France, before transportation to Germany. He escaped outside the camp at Marlag for 2 days when the Germans were evacuating prisoners of war on 9 April 1945 and came back in the camp when they were gone.
Sources
[1] CVA Gallery image of 'B' Troop.
[2] National Archives file ADM201/111.
Sources
[1] CVA Gallery image of 'B' Troop.
[2] National Archives file ADM201/111.
[2a] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/230/1.
[3] The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
[3] The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
[4] German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/267/96.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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