STANNACK, Luke

Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Engineers
Service: 
Army
Number: 
1890170
Luke Stannack 7 Commando
Lance Corporal Luke Stannack from Hull was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be wounded and a prisoner of war. In 1943 he is reported as back in the UK no longer a prisoner.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/30.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Report with image in the Daily Mail newspaper, 16 August 1941.
 
Notes
He is listed on the Casualty Records as No.4 Commando who did not serve in Crete. However for a short period prior to No.7 Commando's departure for the Middle East the two units had been merged as 3 Special Service Bn. When No.7 departed as part of Layforce a few of the No.4 joined them.

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