DIPLOCK, Anthony Bruce
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Service:
Army
Number:
6291999
P.O.W. number:
25286
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
1921
Born:
Monday, November 7, 1921
Anthony Bruce Diplock enlisted into the Armed Forces on 17 June 1940, civil occupation Clerk. Attached No.4 Commando after volunteering for special service. Lance Corporal Diplock was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later confirmed wounded and prisoner of war. Liberated in 1945. Address at time given as Troon, Ayrshire. Post war member of the Commando Association last known residing Broadstairs, Kent.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/97/152 (closed until 1 Jan. 1922).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/92/1.
Commando Association Lost Legions List 4.
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