HUTCHINS, Gerald Thomas

Also seen as: 
HUTCHINS, Thomas Gerald
Rank: 
Trooper
Unit / Base: 
'Layforce'
Middle East Commandos
Regiment/Corps: 
1st Royal Dragoons, Royal Armoured Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
408809
P.O.W. number: 
11856
Born: 
Wednesday, February 23, 1921
Died : 
Thursday, January 21, 1993
Place died: 
Albrighton, Shropshire
Age: 
71
04.11.1935 enlisted into the Armed Forces; civil occupation Labourer.
01.06.1941 prisoner of war during operations at Crete.
 
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/156/2.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, 29, and 94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
 
Notes
50 and 52 ME Commandos formed 'D' Bn., of Layforce for the Crete operation.
 
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