LUNN, George Reid
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
52ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
The Buffs, 1st Bn.
Service:
Army
Number:
6286326
P.O.W. number:
12435
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Sunday, July 29, 1917
George Reid Lunn enlisted 27 August 1936. Lance Corporal Lunn, 52 Middle East Commando was captured 1 June 1941 during operations in Crete where his Commando formed part of 'D' Battalion, Layforce. 19 July 1941 until 14 August 1941 imprisoned at Salonika, Greece, from which he escaped for 3 days before recapture. After his liberation in 1945 his address was in Dover, Kent.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27, 31, and 95.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and 11.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaire / National Archives file WO344/191/2.
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