TORRALBO, Miguil
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Royal Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6100538
P.O.W. number:
95919
Born:
Cordoba Provence, Spain
Born:
Sunday, September 8, 1907
Private Miguil Torralbo, a Spanish farmer who volunteered for the British Army in Egypt, was attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce and reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/10 and WO392/20.
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/10 and WO392/20.
[3] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/320/2.
Notes
Source [3] is endorsed at the rear "Interrogation Note - This man is really a Spaniard who joined the British Army in Egypt saying he was a British subject by birth."
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