KEY, John
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
South Lancashire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
3660155
P.O.W. number:
135260
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Saturday, August 26, 1916
Birthplace:
Heywood,Lancashire
Corporal John Key was reported missing 6 June 1944 during operations at Brac, Yugoslavia, later confirmed as a prisoner of war. At this time a small number of commandos from No.2 Commando were engaged in a failed attempt to locate and liberate their Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel 'Jack' Churchill, who had been captured during Operation Flounced on the island of Brac a few days earlier.
Sources
No.2 Commando War Diary List of twelve commandos missing after Operation Flounced at Brac.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/77, 82, and 93.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/208/309.
[Image below] Cropped from a photo in the No.2 Commando gallery titled 'John Key and Fred Peachey, Glencanisp Scotland, 1943'.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/77, 82, and 93.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/208/309.
[Image below] Cropped from a photo in the No.2 Commando gallery titled 'John Key and Fred Peachey, Glencanisp Scotland, 1943'.
Notes
Casualty records erroneously record his unit as No.6 Commando.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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