MEINERS, James Frederick
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Known as:
Jim
Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
40RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X3362
P.O.W. number:
1415
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Born:
Friday, April 25, 1919
James Frederick Meiners, a Labourer from Essex, enlisted into the Royal Marines 28 August 1939 later joining 40RM Commando sometime after its formation in 1942. Marine Meiners was captured and a prisoner of war on 3 June 1944 during operations on Brac Island in the Adriatic.
Sources
[1] RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
[2] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO216/2.
[1] RM Prisoners of War / National Archives file ADM201/111.
[2] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO216/2.
[3] Commando Association newsletter 77 (1983).
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