CHANDLER, Jack Henry

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
CH/X 105641
P.O.W. number: 
82047
Born: 
Thursday, June 2, 1921
Birthplace: 
Islington, London
Jack Henry Chandler, a demolition worker from London, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 28 August 1941 later joining 46RM Commando. Marine Chandler, B troop, was captured and a prisoner of war on 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots and le Hamel, Normandy.
 
Sources
CVA Gallery image of 'B' Troop.
National Archives files ADM201/111 and WO392/7.
The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/62/186.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/59/2.
 

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