BRITTON, Joseph

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Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
York and Lancaster Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
4745313
P.O.W. number: 
11231
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag XXI-D (21D), Posen, Poland
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Stalag 111-D (3D), Berlin-Steglitz Germany
Born: 
Monday, June 1, 1914
Birthplace: 
Wakefield, Yorkshire
'D' Bn., Layforce. PoW Crete.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/31 and 95.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and 11.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/42/430.
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
Archive pages : 
Layforce
50ME Commando
52ME Commando
Prisoners of War

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