HUCKSTEP, Joseph Henry

Rank: 
Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
52ME Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Durham Light Infantry 1st Battalion
Service: 
Army
Number: 
4450128
P.O.W. number: 
12090
Born: 
Saturday, May 29, 1915
Died: 
1964
Place died: 
Hull
Joseph Henry Huckstep from Hull enlisted 2 May 1933. During the war Sergeant Huckstep served in 52 Middle East Commando which became part of 'D' Bn., of Layforce for operations in Crete. He was captured there on 1 June 1941 remaining a prisoner of war until April 1945.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27, 29, and 92.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/153/1.
 
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