DOLBY, William Arthur Watkins
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
West Riding Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service:
Army
Service Number:
14241623
P.O.W. number:
6094
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, May 5, 1916
Private William Dolby was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the Bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge), later found to be a prisoner of war.
William Arthur Watkins Dolby was a West Riding Constabulary Police Officer from Wombwell near Barnsley, who volunteered for the Commandos enlisting on 23 August 1942 as one of a Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. Post war member of the Commando Association from Knaresborough, Yorkshire.
Prison Camps
18 July 1943 - Aug.1943 Campo PG66.
Aug. - Sept. 1943 Campo PG73.
Oct. 1943 - 30 Mar.1945 Stalag XVIIIA.
Apr.1945 - 8 May 1945 Stalag XVIIIC.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/67,
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/93/1.
The 1939 Register covering Wombwell.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 114.
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