HOOPER, Samuel Lyndon
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Known as:
Sam
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Cardiff City Police
Regiment/Corps:
Welch Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
14241616
P.O.W. number:
6243
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, May 10, 1922
Died :
Friday, December 16, 2016
Age:
94
Samuel Lyndon Hooper, a Cardiff City Police Officer since 19 May 1941, volunteered for the commandos in 1942. He enlisted into the Armed Forces on 23 July 1942 joining the 2nd Police Intake at the Commando Depot, also known as the Commando Basic Training Centre, at Achnacarry. After completing the training he joined No.3 Commando and was posted to 5 Troop.
Private Hooper was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations in Sicily, later found to be a prisoner of war. He escaped from captivity whilst in a working camp at Graz in February 1944 but was recaptured about 10 kilometres away. He was liberated in May 1945.and re-joined Cardiff City Police on 25 October 1945.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/66.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
Private Hooper was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations in Sicily, later found to be a prisoner of war. He escaped from captivity whilst in a working camp at Graz in February 1944 but was recaptured about 10 kilometres away. He was liberated in May 1945.and re-joined Cardiff City Police on 25 October 1945.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/66.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
Dir. of Mil. Int: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/149/2.
Commando Association newsletter 93.
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