DICKERSON, Leslie John

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Rank:

Private

Unit / Base:

7 Commando

'Layforce'

Regiment/Corps:

Royal Army Medical Corps

Service:

Army

Service Number:

7349578

P.O.W. number:

11167

P.O.W. camps:

Stalag 111-D (3D), Berlin-Steglitz Germany

Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany

Leslie John Dickerson, a Wood Machinist from Ipswich, enlisted into the Armed Forces 29 April 1939. Private Dickerson, R.A.M.C. attached No.7 Commando (Layforce), was reported missing during operations at Crete on 2 June 1941, later confirmed a prisoner of war. He was ill with Diptheria for 6 weeks during his captivity.

POW Timeline

01.09.1941 - 03.10.1943 Stalag IIID.

03.10.1943 - 06.05.1945 Stalag IVB.

Sources

Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/91/1.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War Lists / National Archives file WO3921/1.

German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/96/168 (closed until 1 Jan. 2022).

Additional content:

'Rearguard action on Crete'

Archive pages :

No 7 Commando

Layforce

Prisoners of War