LYMBERY, John Graham

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Rank: 
Lieutenant
Unit / Base: 
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Sherwood Foresters 1st Bn.
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
170242
P.O.W. number: 
4368
P.O.W. camps: 
Oflag X-C (10C), Lubeck, Germany
Oflag VI-B (6B), Warburg, Germany
Oflag VII-B (7B), Eichstaat, Germany
Born: 
Tuesday, November 11, 1919
Lieutenant John Lymbery from Dulwich, London, was captured 1 June 1941 during operations in Crete whilst attached to 'D' Bn., Layforce. He remained in captivity for the rest of the war. Enlisted 20 April 1938 whilst a Medical Student at the University of London. Embarked for the Middle East. August to November 1940 attended Middle East O.C.T.U. 3 November 1940 commissioned Second Lieutenant.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/2 and WO417/9.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/216/1.
London Gazette 35069, page 805.
 
Notes
50 and 52 ME Commando formed 'D' Bn Layforce at Crete.
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
Archive pages : 
Layforce
50ME Commando
52ME Commando
Prisoners of War

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