GREENWOOD, Stephen
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Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Service Number:
7904241
P.O.W. number:
11874
P.O.W. camps:
Died :
Monday, April 30, 1945
Died on war service
Age:
25
Cemetery/Memorial:
Trooper Stephen Greenwood died in 1945 whilst a prisoner of war after being captured at Crete on 2 June 1941, and then transported to Germany. He spent the rest of the war in Stalag 3D near Berlin. He died during a forced march West whilst still a prisoner of war when they were fired on by a Russian tank at Waganitz. Son of John Henry and Louisa Greenwood.
Sources
CWGC.
Prisoners of War 1939 - 45 / National Archives file WO392/1.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/ 28 and WO417/93.
His nephew Andy Marshall.
Notes
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Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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