BOYD, John McMaster
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
6980161
P.O.W. number:
26646
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, May 10, 1922
John McMaster Boyd, a Labourer from Ballymena, Co. Antrim, enlisted 29 December 1938. After volunteering for the commandos he was attached to No.4 Commando. Fusilier Boyd was reported wounded and missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war. Escaped 8 February 1944. Recaptured 20 February 1944.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/48, WO417/52, and WO417/93.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/36/2.
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