HARRIS, Roy Edward
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PLY/X108034
P.O.W. number:
82048
Born:
Monday, February 18, 1924
Birthplace:
Birmingham
Died:
1987
Age:
63
Roy Edward Harris, a Theological Student, enlisted in the Royal Marines April 1942. Marine Harris, 'B' Troop, was captured and a prisoner of war 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots, France. Initially held at transit camps at Chartres and Chalons sur Marne until transported to Germany. In April 1945 Marine Harris hid in the camp along with others when the Germans attempted to move the prisoners on a march to a new location. Ordained post war.
Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/164/408.
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/164/408.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaires / National Archives file WO344/134/2.
The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt P.K.W. Johnson RM, published 1946 for veterans.
Report in the Leicester Chronicle dated 01 July 1944.
[Image] His son Philip.
[Image] His son Philip.
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