DAY, William, C.

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Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Engineers
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
1875966
P.O.W. number: 
18629
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Lance Corporal William Day was reported missing 28 March 1942, later found to be a prisoner of war, after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire. Embarked for the raid on motor launch ML262.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/41, 43, and 96.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
St Nazaire Society website.
His nephew William via Forum [view ....].
 
Additional content: 
'St. Nazaire - Operation Chariot'
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando
St Nazaire Commandos
Prisoners of War

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