BENTLEY, William Walter

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Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Bn.
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
6398096
P.O.W. number: 
260943
P.O.W. camps: 
Camp PG78, Fonte d’Amore, Sulmona, Italy
Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany
Born: 
Wednesday, April 14, 1915
Lance Corporal Bentley, 50 Middle East Commando, was reported missing between 25 and 28 February 1941 during operations on the occupied Greek island of Kastellorizo, later found to be a prisoner of war. He was captured on 28 February 1941.
William Walter Bentley, a Labourer from Bromley, Kent, enlisted 23 March 1933 and served in Palestine before the war.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/23.
50 Me Cdo Casualty List 25th-28th Feb. 1941 in Crete - Ref. GRO2E/1188/69C / National Archives WO361/124.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaire / National Archives file WO344/25/2.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/21 (Camp 78).
 
Additional content: 
'Kastellorizo - Operation Abstention'
Archive pages : 
50ME Commando
Prisoners of War

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