BURTON, Frank
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PLY/X110743
P.O.W. number:
229546
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, January 24, 1923
Frank Burton, a Glassworker from Derbyshire, enlisted into the Royal Marines on 8 December 1942 later joining 41RM Commando sometime after its formation in 1942. Marine Burton was captured and a prisoner of war 10 September 1943 at Salerno, Italy. Escaped 14 April 1945 reaching Allied lines.
Sources
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/7 and ADM 201/111.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/49/2.
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