BLASBY, Alexander
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Black Watch
Service:
Army
Number:
6089230
P.O.W. number:
35350
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, December 23, 1921
Alexander Blasby from Reigate, Surrey, enlisted on 26 June 1939 into the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey). Posted 29 June 1939 to the Black Watch. After volunteering for the Commandos he was attached to No.6 Commando. Private Blasby was reported missing and a prisoner of war during operations in Tunisia on 26 February 1943 (Battle of Steamroller Farm). Member of the Commando Association. Resettled in Dumbarton post war*.
Sources
Sources
Queen's Royal Regiment West Surrey, Enlistment Registers.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/58, 59, and 95.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/31/1.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/58, 59, and 95.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/31/1.
Commando Association Lost Legion List 2.
*Ernie Horan, son of LCpl. John Horan, No.6 Cdo. (see addititional content).
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