COLLINS, James
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PO/X119415
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Sunday, February 22, 1925
James Collins, a Plumber's Mate from Dunfermline, enlisted into the Royal Marines 20 April 1943. Wounded (shrapnel right leg) and reported missing 7 June 1944 Normandy. Prisoner of war 8 June 1944. Treated in a hospital near Paris until the end of July 1944. Transferred to captivity at Marlag und Milad Nord. Escaped from a line march and hid in a farmhouse awaiting the American Army.
Sources
RN/RM Casualty Logs 1939-45.
Prisoners at Marlag und Milad Nord Camp (FMP).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated PoW Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/69/1.
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