TOTMAN, Basil Walter
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Suffolk Regiment
Service Number:
6021180
P.O.W. number:
125798
Born:
Sunday, September 17, 1916
Basil Walter Totman, a Labourer from Suffolk, enlisted into the Armed Forces 15 March 1940 later volunteering for the commandos. Private Totman, No.7 Commando attached to Layforce, was reported missing later confirmed prisoner of war 20 April 1941 during an operation at Bardia, Cyrenaica, Libya. Released 8 September 1943 by Italians after the Armistice. Recaptured 11 November 1943 by German forces.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/24, WO417/25, and WO417/92.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1, WO392/11, and WO392/21.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/321/1.
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