| Surname: | Tancock |
| Initials: | A J |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Army Number: | 759333 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Formerly Royal Artillery (field, coast & AA) 1925-1929, transferred to CMP. 1/8/45 yo discharge. Inf from Army Record:- 13/1/40 he enlisted at Exeter in to CMP previously served in the Royal Artillery TA. Born 3/1/07, age on enlistment 32, occupation brickyard labourer, Home 1 Council Cottages, Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon, 16/5/42 marriedChristina Harper at Biggar, Scotland. Served Home 13/1/40 to 2/12/41, Middle East 3/12/41to 20/6/42, Italy POW 21/6/42, Germany POW 22/4/45., Home 23/4/45 to 19/11/45, Z (T) reserve 20/11/45. Casualty List 910/5, Cyrenaica, missing, 20/6/1942. 9/4/42 with 201 Pro Coy, 27/7/42 1 Armd Div Pro Coy, 2/4/42 201 Guards Bde Pro Coy. 20/6/42 missing Casualty List 938/15, Cyrenaica, POW previously reported missing in List 910, 20/6/1942. 23/4/45 repatriated. POW Italian POW Camp No. 70, Monturano, (near Fermo) post mark 3300. Stalag 357 Oerbke, Lower Saxony. Stalag 357, Oerbke. Lower Saxony. Casualty List 1776, POW, previously reported POW in German hands (Germany) now not POW. 29/1/49 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, Africa Star, War Medal. Address:- 1 Council Cottage, Pinhoe, Nr. Exeter, Devon. Arthur James Tancock. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag 357 GERMANY 🇩🇪 |