BURT, Joseph Smith Swan
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
47RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
EX/784
P.O.W. number:
80650
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Saturday, October 26, 1918
Birthplace:
Lochgelly, Fife
Joseph Burt from Tillicoultry, Scotland, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 18 October 1939 previously employed as a Grocer and Paper Mill worker. Corporal Joseph Burt, attached to 47RM Commando from 4 Special Service Brigade HQ Signals, was taken prisoner of war on 7 June 1944 near Port-en-Bessin, France.
Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 (Marlag and Milag Nord).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/52/87 (Stalag 12A).
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 (Marlag and Milag Nord).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/52/87 (Stalag 12A).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/49/2.
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