SMITH, James
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Lancashire Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
3444512
P.O.W. number:
25268
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, March 5, 1914
Birthplace:
Manchester
James Smith, a Labourer from Manchester, enlisted into the Armed Forces on 10 October 1932. During the war he volunteered for commando service and was attached to No.3 Commando. Lance Corporal Smith was reported missing 19 August 1942 during Operation Jubilee at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war. Served in the Troop commanded by Captain Wills
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/334/443.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/294/1.
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