BRUNT, Morris Raymond
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Birmingham City Police
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service:
Army
Number:
14241787
Born:
Friday, September 16, 1921
Died:
2002
Place died:
Birmingham
Private Morris Brunt was reported missing 6 December 1942 during operations in North Africa, later found to be a prisoner of war in Italian hands. He escaped in 1943 via Switzerland before returning to the UK in 1944.
Morris Raymond Brunt was a Birmingham City Police Constable who volunteered for the Commandos as part of the Police Intakes that commenced in 1942.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/55 (1942) WO417/56 (1943), WO417/69 (1943), and WO417/84 (1944).
POW - Escape via Switzerland - report / National Archives file WO208/4243.
The 1939 Register covering Swadlincote, Derbyshire.
[Below] Article with photo in the Burton Observer and Chronicle 09 December 1943.
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