COFORD, Alan Edward
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
46RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
CH/X 105643
P.O.W. number:
1394
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Sunday, May 15, 1921
Birthplace:
London
Marine Alan Coford, B troop, was wounded and captured on 11 June 1944 during operations at Rots and le Hamel, Normandy. He spent 3 weeks in different hospitals in France before being moved to a prisoner of war camp. Alan Edward Coford was employed as a Dock Clerk with the Port of London Authority before enlisting into the Royal Marines on 28 August 1941.
Sources
CVA Gallery image of 'B' Troop.
National Archives file ADM201/111.
The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
Sources
CVA Gallery image of 'B' Troop.
National Archives file ADM201/111.
The Story of 46RM Commando by Capt. P.K.W. Johnson RM.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/67/2.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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