ELLERY, Wiliam Hugh
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Rank:
Lieutenant (later Major)
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Artillery
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
74399
P.O.W. number:
248
P.O.W. camps:
Honours & Awards:
01.08.1940 Second Lieutenant, Royal Artillery [1].
14.07.1943 Lieutenant attached to No.3 Commando, prisoner of war Agnone, Sicily [2][2a].
01.05.1956 Major, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, retired from service [3].
14.07.1943 Lieutenant attached to No.3 Commando, prisoner of war Agnone, Sicily [2][2a].
01.05.1956 Major, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, retired from service [3].
Member of the Commando Association [4].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 34977, page 6183.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives 5 and 8.
[2a] Prisoners of War / National Archives files 1 and 11.
[2a] Prisoners of War / National Archives files 1 and 11.
[3] London Gazette 40766, page 2545.
[4] Commando Association Lost Legion List 4.
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