SOUTHALL, Lawrence Samuel

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Known as: 
Laurie
Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Service Number: 
CH/X106255
P.O.W. camps: 
Dulag 339, Mantua, Italy
Born: 
Thursday, December 28, 1922
Lawrence Samuel Southall 40RM Commando
Lawrence Samuel Southall, a General Machinist from Willenhall, Staffordshire, enlisted into the Royal Marines 21 October 1941 and voluntered for the commandos the following year.
Marine Southall, 40RM Commando, was captured and a prisoner of war 10 April 1945 during operations at Lake Comacchio, Italy.
 
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaire / National Archives file WO344/297/2.
[Image] 40RM Gallery image titled "Mnes. Laurie Southall (left), Les Bradshaw, and Bernie Brown (right) at Ryde, IoW".
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 
Lake Comacchio - Operation Roast
Archive pages : 
40RM Commando
Prisoners of War

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