WILSON, Peter

Rank: 
Lance Bombardier
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Number: 
947129
P.O.W. number: 
96305
Born: 
Tuesday, September 17, 1918
Peter Wilson 7 Commando

Lance Bombardier Peter Wilson from Thornley, Durham, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to have been taken prisoner the previous day. Enlisted 17 October 1939. Civil trade - Bricklayer.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/34
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/350/1.
[Image] His son and namesake Peter Wilson.
 

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