LEVINGS, John Walter
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Service:
Army
Service Number:
5385550
Born:
Monday, May 3, 1915
Died:
2002
Place died or last resided:
Surrey
Age:
87
Captured: Biserta (Tunis), 2 December 1942.
Escaped or liberated: PG 146/29 Lodi (Milan), 10 September 1943.
Arrived in Switzerland: 16 October 1943.
Escaped or liberated: PG 146/29 Lodi (Milan), 10 September 1943.
Arrived in Switzerland: 16 October 1943.
Attached to the British Legation Military Attache's staff in Berne until reptriation to UK
Member of the Commando Association from Bagshot, Surrey.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/56, 68, and 95.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
Escape/Evasion Report / National Archives file WO 208/4258/90.
Treatment of POW Escapers in Switzerland papers / National Archives file WO32/9895.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 115 (2002).
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