HIGGINS, Walter

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Rank: 
Gunner
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Number: 
4757790
P.O.W. number: 
25295
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Stalag XIII-D (13D), Nurnberg, Germany
Born: 
Sunday, April 7, 1912
Birthplace: 
Sheffield, Yorkshire

Walter Higgins, a Lorry Driver from Sheffield, enlisted in August 1940 later volunteering for special service. Gunner Higgins, No.3 Commando, was reported missing during operations at Dieppe, France, later found to be a prisoner of war. 

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/176/117.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/143/2.
 
Additional content: 
Dieppe - Operation Jubilee
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando
Prisoners of War

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