COLEMAN, Nicholas John
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
52ME Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Coldstream Guards
Service:
Army
Number:
2656171
P.O.W. number:
95785
P.O.W. camps:
Honours & Awards:
Lance Corporal Nicholas Coleman, M.M., was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete. Later found to have been captured and transported to Stalag 4B in Germany [1][2].
- A Labourer from West Hartlepool he was attested on 21 October 1933 aged 18 years 11 months [3].
- 1940 awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 3rd Bn., Coldstream Guards, in recognition of gallant and distinguished service on 3 September 1940 in the Western Desert [4].
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27 and WO417/34.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27 and WO417/34.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
[3] Coldstream Guards Registers / Army Book 358.
[4] London Gazette 35002, page 6802.
[4] National Archives file WO373/17/23.
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