DREW, Henry Richard
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Known as:
Harry
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Service:
Army
Number:
5381387
P.O.W. number:
25790
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Born:
Saturday, January 2, 1915
Birthplace:
Great Malvern, Worcestershire
Died:
1981
Reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later confirmed prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association from Malvern, Worcestershire.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/49, WO417/50, WO417/52 and WO417/91.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO416/102/354.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 74 (1982) (shows final rank Sgt. and forename Henry).
[Image] His grandson Mark via Maj. Nigel Capel (Retd).
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