CHEETHAM, John Frederick
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Known as:
Jack
Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
4 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps:
Liverpool Scottish Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
Service:
Army
Number:
2930999
P.O.W. number:
18743
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Monday, July 2, 1917
Birthplace:
Melling, Merseyside
Corporal John 'Jack' Cheetham, 5 Troop, was reported wounded and a prisoner of war on 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire. He had embarked on HMS Campbeltown. Post war resided Halewood, Merseyside.
Sources
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/48.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/64/60.
St Nazaire Society.
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