JENKINS, Thomas
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
52ME Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Welch Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
3959786
P.O.W. number:
96101
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, February 3, 1915
Birthplace:
Treherbert, Wales
Thomas Jenkins, a Miner from the Rhondda, South Wales, enlisted into the Armed Forces on 8 August 1938 and was posted to the 1st Battalion of the Welch Regiment. He later volunteered for the commandos in the Middle East and joined 52 Middle East Commando. Private Jenkins was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war having been captured the previous day. He remained in captivity until liberated. On return to the UK in 1945 he resided at Treherbert, Rhondda, South Wales.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/34.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/34.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/196/346 (Stalag 4B).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/162/2.
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