JAMIESON, John
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Known as:
Jock
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Liverpool Scottish Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service:
Army
Number:
2933872
P.O.W. number:
95533
P.O.W. camps:
Private John Jamieson, 'B' Company of the 1st Bn., Liverpool Scottish, volunteered for the Commandos and was attached to No.7 Commando.
31 January 1941 departed for the Middle East as 'A' Battalion of Layforce.
2 June 1941 reported missing during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/34 and WO417/96.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
The book Special Service of a Hazardous Nature compiled by Dennis Reeves, curator of the Liverpool Scottish Museum Archive.
[Image] Cropped from an image in No.7 Cdo Gallery provided by Jeff Cottam.
Notes
CasLists show middle initial as 'C'; PoW Lists show no middle initial.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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