BRISTOW, William Frederick
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Rank:
Gunner
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Number:
927388
P.O.W. camps:
Birthplace:
Liddington, Swindon, Wiltshire
Died :
Tuesday, July 15, 1941
Died whilst a prisoner of war
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Gunner William Bristow died from an intestinal obstruction at Salonica Greece whilst a Prisoner of War. He had been taken prisoner during operations at Crete on 2 June 1941. Adopted son of Lewis Leonard and Decima Annie Ponting, of Swindon, Wiltshire.
Sources
CWGC.
German Record Cards of British POWs / WO416/42/342.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/29 and WO417/41.
Royal Artillery Other Ranks: Casualty Cards 1939-1947.
Westminster Abbey Commando Roll of Honour file ref. National Archives DEFE/2/843.
Notes
There is a file not seen by this archive which may or may not contain additional detail - Dulag 183, Salonika: killing and ill-treatment of POWs / National Archives file WO311/365.
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