KINROSS, James Macalister

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Rank:

Captain

Unit / Base:

7 Commando

'Layforce'

Regiment/Corps:

Cameronians

Service:

Army

Service Number:

130041

P.O.W. number:

3394

P.O.W. camps:

Dulag 183, Salonika, Greece

Oflag X-C (10C), Lubeck, Germany

Oflag VI-B (6B), Dossel, Warburg, Germany

Oflag VII-B (7B), Eichstaat, Germany

Oflag IX-A/Z (9A/Z), Rotenburg, Germany.

Born:

Wednesday, June 25, 1919

Birthplace:

London

Died :

Monday, January 30, 1967

Age:

Captain James Macalister Kinross No.7 Commando ('A' Bn., Layforce) was captured during operations in Crete and remained in captivity until the end of the war. After evacuation to the UK in 1945 he spent the next two years in military TB hospitals.
Timeline

14.05.1940 Second Lieutenant, Cameronians.
08.12.1940 posted No.3 Special Service Battalion.
31.01.1941 Captain/Adjutant of No.7 Commando which embarked at Lamlash, Isle of Arran, as 'A' Battalion of Layforce.
11.03.1941 disembarked Egypt.
25.05.1941 disembarked Crete to provide rearguard cover for evacuation of Allied Forces.

01.06.1941 prisoner of war Sfakia, Crete.

Camps

05.06.1941 Maleme air base Crete.
June/July 1941 Dulag 183 Salonika, Greece.
Aug 1941 Oflag X/C, Lubeck, Germany
Oct. 1941 Reserve Lazarett V, Hamburg Wandsbek, Germany.
Oct. 1941 Oflag VI/B Dossel-Warburg, Germany.
Sep 1942 Oflag VII/B Eichstatt Bavaria, Germany.
July 1943 - March 1945 Oflag IX/AZ Rotenburg, Germany.

Sources

Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/2.

POW in Germany / National Archives file FO 916/256.

Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO/392/1

German Record Cards of PoW's / National Archives file WO416/210.

[Image and additional details] His son Vyvyan Kinross.

Photo of Commando in Gallery:

Yes

Additional content:

'Rearguard action on Crete'

Archive pages :

No 7 Commando