MUSCROFT, James Rudd

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Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Service Number: 
CH/X 2683
P.O.W. number: 
1421
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag VII-A (7A), Moosburg Germany
Marlag and Milag Nord, Westertimke, Germany
Born: 
Sunday, December 26, 1920
Birthplace: 
Camden, London
James Rudd Muscroft enlisted into the Royal Marines on 4 October 1938. He joined 40RM Commando sometime after its formation in 1942 and was captured on 3 June 1944 during operations at Brac Island on the Adriatic Sea off the coast of German occupied Yugoslavia (Operation Flounced). After liberation in 1945 and return to the UK he was residing in Bishop Auckland, Co.Durham.
 
Sources
RM Prisoners of War /  National Archives file ADM201/111.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/257/295.
Dir. of Mil. Int: Liberated PoW Interrogation Questionnaire / National Archives file WO344/230/2.
 
Additional content: 
'Brac - Operation Flounced'
Archive pages : 
40RM Commando
Prisoners of War

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