SWAINBANK, Christopher

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Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
52ME Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
King's Own Royal Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
3709340
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag 111-D (3D), Berlin-Steglitz Germany
Stalag 383, Hohenfels Germany
Born: 
Sunday, October 1, 1911
Died: 
1989
Place died: 
Burnley, Lancashire
Age: 
77
Christopher Swainbank from Burnley enlisted into the Armed Forces on 16 January 1930, civil occupation Labourer. During WW2 he volunteered for commando service. Corporal Swainbank, 52 Middle East Commando attached to 'D' Battalion Layforce, was captured and a prisoner of war 1 June 1941 during operations in Crete and remained in captivity until liberated May 1945. Post war member of the Commando Association.
 
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/309/2.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 90 (1990) (final military rank shown as Sgt).
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
Archive pages : 
52ME Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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