COFORD, Alan Edward
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
CH/X 105643
P.O.W. number:
1394
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Sunday, May 15, 1921
Birthplace:
London
Alan Edward Coford, a Dock Clerk with the Port of London Authority, enlisted into the Royal Marines 28 August 1941. Marine Coford, B troop, was wounded and a prisoner of war 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots, Normandy. He spent 3 weeks in hospitals at Alencon, Le Man, and Rennes, before being transported to Germany.
Sources
CVA Gallery image of 'B' Troop.
National Archives file ADM201/111.
The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
Sources
CVA Gallery image of 'B' Troop.
National Archives file ADM201/111.
The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/67/2.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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