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Douglas John Frederick Bates Durston , Acting Corporal , 6401561, 7 Batallion, The...

Catalogue reference: WO 208/3326/2964

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WO 208/3326/2964
Date
1945 Apr
Description

Douglas John Frederick Bates Durston, Acting Corporal, 6401561, 7 Batallion, The Royal Sussex Regiment.

Captured: Amiens, 22 May 1940.

Escaped: Piaski on march from Sosnowiec, Poland to Beuthen, 16 January 1945.

Arrived in UK: 20 April 1945.

Other names mentioned: Private R Forsyth; Rifleman S Taylor.

Appendices can be found in WO 208/5583.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
M.I.9/S/P.G.(P)2964
Legal status
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Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14084504/

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