FAHY, James
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Service:
Army
Number:
3771871
P.O.W. number:
18682
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Saturday, August 19, 1916
Operations:
James Fahy, a Van Driver from Limerick, Eire, enlisted into the Armed Forces in August 1938, later volunteering for the Commandos. Private Fahy, No.2 Commando 4 troop, embarked on Motor Launch ML 177 for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire on 28 March 1942. He was reported missing after the raid, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/41.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/105/1.
St. Nazaire Society..
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