SPIERS, James
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
3130056
P.O.W. number:
4119
Born:
Wednesday, May 1, 1912
Birthplace:
Dalry, North Ayrshire
Died:
1986
Place died:
Dunlop, East Ayrshire
James Spiers, a Steel Erector from Dalry, Ayrshire, enlisted into the Royal Scots Fusiliers on 1 September 1939 and subsequently volunteered for the commandos. He was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations with No.3 Commando at Dieppe, France, later confirmed a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists /National Archives file WO417/53.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 (Oflag 7B) and WO392/11 (Oflag 7A).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/340/80.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/299/1.
Reports in the Kilmarnock Standard published 27 August 1982 and on his passing published 04 July 1986.
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