SADDLER, Thomas

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Rank: 
Trooper
Unit / Base: 
Middle East Commandos
Regiment/Corps: 
Household Cavalry Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
548685
P.O.W. number: 
12284
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany
Stalag IV-F (4F), Hartmannsdorf Chemnitz, Germany
Born: 
Tuesday, December 24, 1912
Birthplace: 
Bathgate, Scotland

Trooper Thomas Saddler, Middle East Commando, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/34, and WO417/92 (1945).
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/317/443 (Stalag 4B).
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11 (Stalag 4F).

Notes
50 and 52 ME Commando formed 'D' Bn Layforce at Crete.

Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
Archive pages : 
Layforce
50ME Commando
52ME Commando
Prisoners of War

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