HASSALL, Neville John
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
47RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X103772
P.O.W. number:
84783
Born:
Saturday, January 22, 1921
Birthplace:
Leicester
Died :
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Place died:
Leicester
Age:
86
Neville John Hassall, a Clerk from Leicester, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 8 May 1941. He joined 47RM Commando some time after its formation in August 1943 and was captured on 20 July 1944 during operations at Normandy, France.
Sources
RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/167/91.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaires / National Archives file WO344/137/1.
[Image above] Leicester Daily Mercury 2 November 1944 page 5.
[Image below] Leicester Evening Mail 2 May 1945, page 4.
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