STRACEY, Leonard

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5947667
P.O.W. number: 
25202
Born: 
Friday, December 8, 1911
Birthplace: 
London
Private Leonard Stracey, a veteran of the Vaagso raid, was reported missing on 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe France, later found to be a prisoner of war. 
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War  / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/347/445 (transcript shows surname as STACEY).
Commando Association newsletter 108.
 

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