FRANCO, Thomas
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FRANCO GARCIA, Thomas
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Royal Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
6100511
P.O.W. number:
96062
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Tuesday, March 2, 1915
Enlisted 13 July 1940. Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce. Reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete. Later found to have been captured 1 June 1941. Escaped 28 March 1945 at Georgenthal, Germany. Wounded in left shoulder whilst fighting with Parisans. Civil occupation Baker. Home address Zaragoza, Spain.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/10 and WO392/20.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/127/488.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/10 and WO392/20.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/127/488.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/115/2.
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