FORBES, William
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Known as:
Bill
Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
47RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
PO/X108988
P.O.W. number:
80672
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Tuesday, May 15, 1923
William Forbes, a Joiner from Edinburgh, enlisted into the Royal Marines 23 January 1941.
08.06.1944 Prisoner of war Port en Bessin, Normandy.
01.09.1944 - 21.09.1944 Marlag und Milad Nord (T).
22.09.1944 - 01.04.1945 Arbeits Kommando, Thale, Harz. Escaped 1 April to the woods by cutting camp wires. Given food by German women. Later made his way to American lines with about 10 others including David Simpson, Raymond Lowe, Joseph Isherwood.
Post war member of the Commando Association residing Dunnally, Tasmania.
Sources
List of RM Commandos provided by RY (former CA Sec and CBF).
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO416/124/255 and ADM201/111.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated PoW Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / WO344/110/1.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 97 (1993).
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