COLCLOUGH, Gordon Duncan
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
'Special Boat Section'
Regiment/Corps:
Dorsetshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5726964
Private Gordon Colclough was reported missing 16 September 1942* during operations in the Middle East later confirmed as a prisoner of war in Italian hands [1].
1943 reported escaped and in a neutral country [1][2].
1944 his return to the UK is confirmed [1][2].
1944 recommended as suitable for demobilisation to Industry as a Carpenter [3].
Extract from National Archives file WO 208/4245/40
Captured: Benghazi, 30 September 1942.
Escaped or Liberated: PG 146/8 Garlasco (Pavia), 9 September 1943.
Arrived in Switzerland: 6 October 1943.
Escaped or Liberated: PG 146/8 Garlasco (Pavia), 9 September 1943.
Arrived in Switzerland: 6 October 1943.
Sources
[1][1a] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/53, 56, 68, and 84.
[1a] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO417/21 (Camp PG70).
[2] POW - Escape via Switzerland - report / National Archives file WO208/4245 (unit shown as SBS).
[3] Report on Treatment of British POWs who escaped to Switzerland 1941-46 / National Archives file WO32/9895.
Notes
* The date reported missing is the date of Operation Agreement at Tobruk involving amongst many others elements from the SBS and SAS.
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