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Name: David Watson Hopton. Rank: Corporal , 829903, 1st Black Watch. Captured:...

Catalogue reference: WO 208/5397/49

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This record is about the Name: David Watson Hopton. Rank: Corporal , 829903, 1st Black Watch. Captured:... dating from 1943 Nov 21 in the series War Office: Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, and Directorate.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WO 208/5397/49
Date
1943 Nov 21
Description

Name: David Watson Hopton.

Rank: Corporal, 829903, 1st Black Watch.

Captured: Gerbini (Catania), 21 July 1943.

Escaped or liberated from: Bronte, Scicily (Hospital), 10/11 August 1943.

Other names mentioned: Pte J Gillies (A&SH).

Includes report and cover sheet.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
IT/AF/633
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17885856/

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