RICE, Charles
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Birth name:
KUTSCHAKA, Karl
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
10 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Pioneer Corps
Royal Sussex Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6436345
P.O.W. number:
25328
Born:
Thursday, February 5, 1914
Private Charles Rice, 'X' Troop, was a refugee from Czechoslavakia (Sudeten German) born Karl KUTSCHAKA. He was reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/57 and WO417/94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/304/493 with image.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/294/2.
War Diary 10 IA Commando , June 1942 - Sept 1945 / National Archives/DEFE 2/45.
'The book 'X' Troop, author Leah Garrett.
'The book 'X' Troop, author Leah Garrett.
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