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Name: Jack Dore. Rank: Trooper , 7888609, 10th Royal Hussars. Captured: Southeast...

Catalogue reference: WO 208/4248/58

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This record is about the Name: Jack Dore. Rank: Trooper , 7888609, 10th Royal Hussars. Captured: Southeast... dating from 1944 Aug 17 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 208/4248/58
Date
1944 Aug 17
Description

Name: Jack Dore.

Rank: Trooper, 7888609, 10th Royal Hussars.

Captured: Southeast of Adgedabia, 25 January 1942.

Escaped or Liberated: From Train near Santa Lucia, 12 September 1943.

Arrived in Switzerland: 2 December 1943.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PW/EX/SWITZ/1929
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18130956/

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