O'DONNELL, Laurence Patrick Thompson
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Known as:
Don
Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
King's Royal Rifle Corps (11th Bn)
Service:
Army
Number:
6896969
P.O.W. number:
18720
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, February 19, 1920
Birthplace:
Liverpool
Died :
Wednesday, September 5, 1979
Place died:
Hertfordshire
Age:
59
Operations:
Laurence P.T. O'Donnell from London enlisted in to the Armed Forces on 25 August 1939 later volunteering for the Commandos. Corporal O'Donnell, No.2 Commando 3 Troop, was wounded and taken prisoner on 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire. Embarked for the raid on HMS Cambeltown.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/48.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/48.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/276/57.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/237/2.
St. Nazaire Society website.
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