GOMEZ, Seraphin

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Rank: 
Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Royal Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6100516
P.O.W. number: 
96134
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Born: 
Saturday, February 26, 1916
Sergeant Seraphin Gomez, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
Service timeline*
23.08.1940 appointed Acting Corporal.
17.09.1940 appointed Acting Lance Sergeant.
22.11.1940 promoted Acting Sergeant.
24.11.1940 embarked Egypt.
25.11.1940 disembarked Crete.
15.03.1941 embarked Crete.
17.03.1941 disembarked Egypt.
24.03.1941 posted 'D' Bn., Layforce.
24.05.1941 embarked Egypt.
25.05.1941 disembarked Crete.
02.06.1941 reported missing and placed on x(111) List.

Sources
Casualty Lists  / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/10 and WO392/20.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/142/58.
*Appdx. at rear of Enlistment register book 24 2nd Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) / Part 11 Order, Issue No.41 dated 6 Sept. 1941. (FMP).
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
'Volunteers from Spain, 50 ME Commando'
Archive pages : 
50ME Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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