NUNN, Robert Richard

Rank: 
Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn.
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6457784
P.O.W. number: 
7343
Born: 
Sunday, May 23, 1915
Birthplace: 
London
Sergeant Robert Nunn from Shepherds Bush, West London, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to have been taken prisoner the previous day. Enlisted 2 September 1933.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27 and 33 (both show unit as 50ME Commando).
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 344).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/274/368 (Dulag 183).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/236/2 (he writes his unit as 52ME Commando).
 
Notes
50 and 52 Middle East Commandos formed 'D' Bn., Layforce for Crete.
 
 
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