SHELTON, Leslie

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Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Corps of Signals
Service: 
Army
Number: 
4802003
P.O.W. number: 
12322
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg Germany
Stalag 111-D (3D), Berlin-Steglitz Germany
Born: 
Wednesday, March 12, 1919
Birthplace: 
Nottingham

Lance Corporal Leslie Shelton was reported missing during operations at Crete on 2 June 1941 and later found to be a prisoner of war.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27 and WO417/49.

German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/326/388.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO3921/1.

Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
Archive pages : 
50ME Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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