WORSLEY, Stanley
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Known as:
Stan
Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
45RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X121876
P.O.W. number:
80157
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, May 16, 1923
Birthplace:
Salford, Lancashire
Died:
1999
Place died:
Salford, Lancashire
Age:
76
Educated Leicester Road Council School. Employed prior to enlistment at Harrison and Co. Ltd., Manchester. Enlisted Royal Marines 19 October 1943. Trade on enlistment Engineer.
19.12.1943 RM Training Group.
12.04.1944 RM Commando.
07.06.1944 reported missing later confirmed prisoner of war captured Cherbourg, France.
16.04.1945 escaped from captivity to allied lines.
14.06.1945 to 11 June 1946 resumed operational service with RM Commando.
12.06.1946 to 05.10.1946 Portsmouth Division.
05.10.1946 released from service Class 'A'.
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int. Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaire / National Archives file WO344/354/2.
Service Record shows RM Commando *.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/7.
Prisoners of War in Germany / National Archives file ADM201/111.
Newspaper article from his son Steve (below).
[Images] His son Steve Worsley.
Notes
Mne. Worsley was captured at Cherboug on 7 June 1944. 45RM were not in this area. His photo appears in 45RM Commando 'E' Troop which has disputed dates of when the image was taken.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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