TAITE, John Anthony
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Rank:
Marine (Acting Corporal)
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X102032
P.O.W. number:
805
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Monday, February 5, 1912
Died:
1980
John Anthony Taite, a Shipping Clerk from Wrexham, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 18 February 1941. He volunteered in 1942 for the first Royal Marine Commando unit formed. Corporal Taite was captured 19 August 1942 during Operation Jubilee at Dieppe, France.
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/311/1.
RM Prisoners of War in Germany / National Archives file ADM 201/111.
Imperial Prisoners of War - Naval Forces / National Archives file WO392/7.
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