CLIFT, Ernest, L.

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Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5510933
P.O.W. number: 
83685
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag VII-A (7A), Moosburg Germany
Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany
Born: 
Wednesday, January 4, 1922
Birthplace: 
England

Ernest Clift from Devoran, Truro, was employed in carpentry work in 1939 before enlisting. After volunteering for special service he was attached to No.3 Commando.  Reported missing 14 July 1943, later confirmed a prisoner of war, during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge).

Sources
The 1939 Register covering Truro.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/65 (rank Pte)..
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (rank Pte).
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/69/383 (rank Pte)..
Report in the West Briton and Cornwall Advertsier 11 May 1944, p7 (rank Cpl.).
Additional content: 
3 Commando at Sicily and Malati Bridge’
‘Sicily - Operation Husky’
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando
Prisoners of War

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