BELL, William White

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Known as: 
Dingle
Rank: 
Acting Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Fusiliers
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6461342
P.O.W. number: 
18612
P.O.W. camps: 
Front Stalag 133, nr. Rennes, France
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Born: 
Monday, November 22, 1920
Birthplace: 
Paisley
Operations: 
'St. Nazaire - Operation Chariot'
Lance Corporal William Bell, 6 Troop, was reported missing 28 March 1942 during Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire, later found to be a prisoner of war. He had embarked on ML 192.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives file WO417/43.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/26/257 (Front Stalag 133).
St. Nazaire Society / James Dorrian.
 
Archive pages : 
No 2 Commando
St Nazaire Commandos
Prisoners of War

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