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: 
Camp PG78, Fonte d’Amore, Sulmona, Italy
Stalag 8B (Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Operations: 
Bardia - Operation Addition
Raymond Douglas Bird 7 Commando
Private Raymond Bird, aged 21 and from Fleetwood, Lowestoft, was reported missing 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.
Image and report in the Fleetwood Chronicle 03 September 1943.
 
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No 7 Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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