PATTERSON, Stephen Valentine
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Rank:
Guardsman
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Coldstream Guards
Service:
Army
Number:
2665330
P.O.W. number:
80080
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, February 14, 1924
Birthplace:
South Newsham Northumberland
Guardsman Stephen Patterson was attested into the Coldstream Guards on 14 August 1942. He was an assistant plasterer aged 18. On 7 June 1944 he was serving in 5 Troop when reported missing during operations at Normandy, France, later found to be a prisoner of war. On Friday 29th August 1947 at St Wilfrid's Church, Blyth, Northumberland, he married Fraulein Ursula Michels, a German lady who had befriended him whilst in captivity. Member of the Commando Association residing in West Germany.
Sources
Coldstream Guards Enlistment Register - Nominal Roll 1942-1944 Series D.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/79.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
Report on their wedding in the Blyth News Ashington Post 1st September 1947.
Commando Association newsletters 67 and 96.
Notes
The newspaper reports his POW Camp as as Stalag 4G near Leipzig.
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