VINCENT, Andrew
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Rank:
Lance Bombardier (Acting Sergeant)
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Service:
Army
Service Number:
797043
P.O.W. number:
25349
P.O.W. camps:
Sergeant Andrew Vincent, No.1 Section of No.6 Troop, was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Andrew Dudley was attested into the Royal Artillery on 9 September 1929. Released from service 14 November 1945. In 1948 he was residing in Dudley, Northumberland.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/49, WO417/53, WO417/63, and WO417/94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
RA attestation Registers 1929.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/49, WO417/53, WO417/63, and WO417/94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
RA attestation Registers 1929.
WW2 Medal Cards Index.
Image in No.3 Cdo Gallery of names of those in No1 Section, 6 Troop, No.3 Cdo as of 19 August 1942.
Notes
WO417/63 amends rank previously recorded as war substantive Sergeant to war substantive Bombardier.
WO417/63 amends rank previously recorded as war substantive Sergeant to war substantive Bombardier.
PoW records and Medal Card record rank as Sergeant.
Likely photo in the No.3 Commando gallery titled 'No. 3 Commando Sergeants Mess 1942.'
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