PARSONS, Thomas
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
3131634
P.O.W. number:
26458
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, December 20, 1918
Birthplace:
Irvine
Thomas Parsons from Irvine, enlisted on 16 October 1939 having previously been employed at the ICI Nobel's Explosives Factory, Ayrshire. After volunteering Thomas was attached to No.3 Commando. He was reported missing 19 August 1942 at Dieppe, later confirmed a prisoner of war. His younger brother William also served in No.3 Commando and was captured with him during the raid.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/283/142.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/244/2.
Article with photos in The Mercury newspaper 16th October 1942.
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