KING, Thomas, J.

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Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Gloucestershire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5191561
P.O.W. number: 
95878
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany
Stalag IV-C (4C), Wistritz bei Teplitz, Sudetenland
Born: 
Saturday, October 8, 1910
Birthplace: 
Bristol, Gloucestershire

Served: No.4 Commando; 3 Special Service Battalion; No.7 Commando; 'A' Bn., Layforce. 
Private Thomas King was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war. 

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, WO417/34, and WO417/93.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11 (Stalag 4C).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/210/163 (Stalag 4B).

Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
Archive pages : 
No 4 Commando
No 7 Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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