HILTON, Roger

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Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Army Service Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
128866
P.O.W. number: 
25304
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Born: 
Thursday, March 23, 1911
Birthplace: 
Northwood
Roger Hilton, an Artist from Northwood, Middlesex, enlisted December 1939 and subsequently volunteered for the commandos. Private Hilton, No.3 Commando, was reported missing on 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/49, WO417/96.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/177/295.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/145/1..
 
Additional content: 
Dieppe - Operation Jubilee
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando
Prisoners of War

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