LARNEY, Owen
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
King's Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3777096
P.O.W. number:
26091
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, January 6, 1911
Birthplace:
Dublin, Eire
Owen Larney from Dublin enlisted 4 May 1940. Private Larney attached Layforce was reported wounded and missing June 1941 during operations in Crete, later confirmed prisoner of war. Initially taken to 5 AGH (Athens General Hospital) before being transported to German Stalags.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27, WO417/30, and WO417/94
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO3921/1 (Stalag20B) and WO392/11 (Stalag 3A).
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/216/501.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/179/2.
Notes
His unit is shown on Casualty Lists as Special Service Bn., or Special Service. The Special Service Bn's were a short lived re-designation of Commando units. Their titles reverted back just after Layforce ( No. 7, 8 and 11 Cdo.) embarked for the Middle East.
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