| 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 1776/32, 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 🇩🇪 |