O'DONNELL, Laurence Patrick Thompson

Known as: 
Don
Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
King's Royal Rifle Corps (11th Bn)
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6896969
P.O.W. number: 
18720
Born: 
February 1920
Birthplace: 
Liverpool
Died : 
Wednesday, September 5, 1979
Place died: 
Hertfordshire

Corporal Laurence O'Donnell, 3 Troop, was wounded and taken prisoner on 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire. Embarked for the raid on HMS Cambeltown.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/48.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/276/57.
St. Nazaire Society website.
 

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