BIRD, Raymond Douglas
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Suffolk Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5828120
P.O.W. number:
22023
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Monday, March 14, 1921
Operations:
Raymond Bird from Lowestoft, Suffolk, enlisted 21 June 1939, civil occupation Seaman. He volunteered in 1940 for special service and was attached to No.7 Commando. Embarked for the Middle East with Layforce. Private Bird, aged 21, was reported missing on 20 April 1941 (Bardia raid) later found to be a prisoner of war.
Source
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives WO417/24.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/21.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/30/300.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/29/1.
Image and report in the Fleetwood Chronicle 03 September 1943.
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