ADAMS, William John

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Rank: 
Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Suffolk Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5828073
P.O.W. number: 
96084
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag 383, Hohenfels Germany
Sergeant William Adams was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war. Member of the Commando Association from Lowestoft, Suffolk.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/34.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 76 (1983).
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
Archive pages : 
No 7 Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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