WILKES, Frederick
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Known as:
Fred
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
4 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps:
Liverpool Scottish Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Service:
Army
Number:
2931680
P.O.W. number:
18779
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, March 21, 1919
Frederick Wilkes enlisted into the Liverpool Scottish 2nd Bn., in May 1939. Volunteered for Special Service in April 1940 and posted No.4 Independent Company. Attached to 5 Troop of No.2 Commando after its formation in February 1941.Embarked on HMS Campbeltown for Operation Chariot, the raid at St Nazaire 28 March 1942. Wounded and prisoner of war.
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/344/2.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/48.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
St Nazaire Society website.
Liverpool Scottish Museum Trust, history of involvement in Special Ops.
[Image] CVA Gallery.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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