GITTINS, Ronald Douglas Haig

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Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Armoured Corps
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
7889965
P.O.W. number: 
25211
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany
Born: 
Thursday, March 4, 1920
Birthplace: 
Wolverhampton
Died : 
Thursday, March 3, 1983
Place died: 
Somerset

Ronald Gittins enlisted into the Armed Forces on 25 October 1938. Lance Sergeant Gittins, No.3 Commando, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be prisoner of war.
Escaped 21 June 1943, recaptured 23 June 1943. Escaped 13 May 1944, recaptured 16 June 1944. Escaped 3 times on the line march from Lamsdorff finally reaching American lines 19 April 1945.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/52 and WO417/69.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/139/383.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/119/2.
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 
Dieppe - Operation Jubilee
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando
Prisoners of War

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