ARMY CDOS Blackwell, Alun Trevor

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Blackwell ​

• FORENAME

Alun Trevor ​

• UNIT

1 Special Service Battalion and S.O.E. ​

• RANK

Lance Corporal ​

• NUMBER

3655732 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Conduct Medal ​

• PLACE

Tunisia 1941-42 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit South Lancashire Regiment and Malta Independent Company​

born 20.10.1918 Liverpool​

educated Liverpool Institute Grammar School​

employed by Owen Owen (department store)​

enlisted October 1939​

South Lancashire Regiment​

Independent Company​

2 Commando July 1940​

Malta Independent Company 1941​

SOE mission to Tunisia 1941​

arrested November 1941​

escaped 1942 after 10 months​

re-arrested April 1943​

POW in Poland and Berlin​

assistant company secretary,Owen Owen postwar​

married Margaret 1950 (1 daughter)​

died 21.4.2003 ​

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