MCGIBBON, Robert Lorne
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Rank:
Lieutenant (later Captain)
Unit / Base:
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Service:
Army
Number:
85719
P.O.W. number:
23567
Born:
Monday, May 29, 1916
Birthplace:
Canada
1939-1940 served in Palestine before joining No.50 Middle East Commando [1][1a].
28.03.1941 Lieutenant, 'B' Company, 'D' Bn., Layforce at Geneifa [2].
__.06.1941 Lieutenant*, reported wounded and prisoner of war in Crete [3][3a][3b].
26.08.1945 promoted Captain [4].
02.04.1950 Captain, Royal Leicestershire Regiment, relinquished commission [5].
Sources
[1] Commando Association newsletter 74 (1982).
[1a] Loose prints on his service held at the Imperial War Museum (Catalogue no.2013-03-21).
[2] 52 Middle East Commando War Diary 28 March 1941 (List of Officers 'D' Bn. Layforce)
[3] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/2 and WO417/9.
[3a] Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and WO391/11 (Oflag 79).
[3b] German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/235/298 (Oflag 7B).
[4] London Gazette 37239, page 4320.
[5] London Gazette 39019, page 4688.
[Image] Report in the Montreal Gazette 2nd May 1945 / Credit: McGill University War Records [more...].
* Source @ [1] shows rank as Major. This rank if correct was likely a temporary rank. It is also recorded in the book Middle East Commando, author Charles Messenger, page 84, where the author records Major McGibbon as commanding the Spanish Troop of 'B' Company 'D' Bn. Layforce ('D' Bn., was formed from No.50 and No.52 ME Commando for the rearguard action in Crete).
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