CEVANTES, Santiago

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CERVANTES, Santiago
Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Royal Regiment
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
6100546
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag IV-A (4A), Hohnstein, Germany
Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany
Born: 
Saturday, August 3, 1918
Private Santiago Cevantes, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to have been captured the previous day and a prisoner of war until liberation in 1945.
On 20 May 1945 he listed his address as 13 Elm Street, Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd (South Wales) and his occupation as Farmer.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/34, WO417/42, and WO417/95.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/10 and WO392/20.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/58/2.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/61/217 (surname Spelt CERVANTES).
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
'Volunteers from Spain, 50 ME Commando'
Archive pages : 
50ME Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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