Luis Eric Rupert de la Torre
born 16.10.1918 London
Spanish father,Irish mother
educated St John Fisher School,near Croydon
Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1940
3 Commando 1941 (L/Cpl)
POW 28.3.1942 St Nazaire
Stalag VIIIB,Lamsdorf
liberated 1945
manager of a sports shop in North London (retired 1988)
award M.B.E. 1997
award Legion d'Honneur (france) 2006
married Annabel Dean 1954 (3 sons)
died 22.8.2011
