COOMBER, Percival Victor George Peter.

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Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
6103830
Medals: 1939-45 Star; Italy Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal.
Lance Corporal Coomber was reported wounded and missing 7 June 1944 Normandy, France, later confirmed prisoner of war. Member of the Commando Association residing Hove, Sussex.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files 77, 81, 86, and 88.
Queen's Royal Regiment enlistment register.
WW2 Medal Cards Index.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 118 (2004).
 
Notes
No references found in the Prisoner of War records. Several escaped shortly after capture.
 
Additional content: 
Normandy - Operation Overlord
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando
Prisoners of War

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