WILKINSON, John
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Known as:
'Jack', or 'Ginger'.
Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X103684
P.O.W. number:
25770
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, July 14, 1921
Died :
Thursday, October 3, 1996
John Wilkinson, a Cotton Operative from Rochdale, enlisted in the Royal Marines 6 May 1941. Volunteered in 1942 for the first Royal Marine Commando unit formed. Marine Wilkinson was wounded and a prisoner of war 19 August 1942 after Operation Jubilee at Dieppe, France.
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/311/1.
Prisoners of War Records / National Archives file WO345/1.
Rod Wilkinson (son).
Prisoners of War Records / National Archives file WO345/1.
Rod Wilkinson (son).
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