HOYLE, Robert
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
12 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Lancashire Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
3450633
P.O.W. number:
18673
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Saturday, June 26, 1920
Birthplace:
Eccles
Operations:
Corporal Robert Hoyle embarked on HMS Campbeltown for the raid at St. Nazaire on 28 March 1942. Reported as missing after the raid he was later found to have been taken prisoner and transported to Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf, Poland.
Sources
St. Nazaire Society website.
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/43.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/186/195.
Commando Association newsletter 74 issued March 1982.
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