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Name: James Donaldson. Rank: Lance Corporal , 2697795, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards....

Catalogue reference: WO 208/4248/49

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This record is about the Name: James Donaldson. Rank: Lance Corporal , 2697795, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards.... dating from [1944] 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 208/4248/49
Date
[1944]
Description

Name: James Donaldson.

Rank: Lance Corporal, 2697795, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards.

Captured: Tobruk, 13 June 1942.

Escaped or Liberated: PG 146/17 Santa Cristina e Bissone, 10 September 1943.

Arrived in Switzerland: 27 January 1944.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PW/EX/SWITZ/1964
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18130947/

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