SMITH, Reginald Alban

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5956795
P.O.W. number: 
26450
Born: 
Saturday, May 1, 1920
Birthplace: 
St. Albans Hertfordshire
Died: 
2003
Place died: 
St. Albans Hertfordshire
Reginald Smith, a Carpenter Improver from St. Albans Hertfordshire, enlisted 1 June 1940, and subsequently volunteered for the commandos. Private Smith, No.3 Commando, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe France, later confirmed a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association from St. Albans, Hertforshire.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War  / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/335/528.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/295/2.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 119 issued September 2004.
 
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