SCHOFIELD, Harry Vane

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Rank: 
Trooper
Unit / Base: 
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Stafford Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
323263
P.O.W. number: 
95421
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany
Stalag IV-C (4C), Wistritz bei Teplitz, Sudetenland
Born: 
Monday, November 15, 1920
Birthplace: 
Whitby, Yorkshire
Died : 
Tuesday, June 18, 1991
Place died: 
Scarborough, Yorkshire
Age: 
70
Trooper Harry Schofield, 'D' Battalion of Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association from Scarborough.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27, WO417/31, and WO417/93.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/321/278
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 93 (1991).
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
Archive pages : 
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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