LRDG Welsh, Mark Alexander

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Welsh ​

• FORENAME

Mark Alexander ​

• UNIT

LRDG (G1 Patrol) ​

• RANK

Guardsman ​

• NUMBER

2695516 ​

• AWARD

Military Medal ​

• PLACE

North Africa 1942 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 2 Bn Scots Guards​

born 18.6.1920 West Calder,West Lothian​

family emigrated to Brooklyn,New York 1924​

returned to Scotland 1929​

enlisted 18.1.1937​

2 Bn Scots Guards​

attached 8th Army HQ,Egypt November 1938​

LRDG G1 Patrol 1942​

LRDG M2 Patrol (B Squadron) 1943​

POW 22.10.1943 Stampalia,Dodecanese Islands​

Stalag 344,Lamsdorf,Poland​

escaped 12.4.1945​

rejoined unit 23.4.1945​

discharged 29.1.1946​

married Alice Harkins 31.12.1945 (divorced early 1970s) (3 children)​

died 14.12.1982 Dufftown,Banffshire ​

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