2695837 Guardsman Thomas Turnbull MAXWELL, 2 Scots Guards : PoW, 05/04/1943

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GUARDSMAN THOMAS TURNBULL MAXWELL
Service Number: 2695837
Regiment & Unit: 2nd Bn. Scots Guards
Date of Death: 05 April 1943
Age 22 years old
Buried or commemorated at KRAKOW RAKOWICKI CEMETERY
Grave Reference: 1A. C. 2.
Location: Poland
Additional Info: Son of Robert and Mary Jane Maxwell, of Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire.
Personal Inscription: "O DEATH, WHERE IS THY STING? O GRAVE, WHERE IS THY VICTORY?"

 

Name: Thomas Maxwell . Date of Birth: 11/06/1919 . Place of Birth: Kirkconnel,... | The National Archives

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Name: Thomas Maxwell.
Date of Birth: 11/06/1919.
Place of Birth: Kirkconnel, Scotland.
Service: [British Army].
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [The Scots Guards].
Service Number: 2695837.
Date of Capture: 01/06/1941.
Theatre of Capture: Crete.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf.
PoW number: 23087.
Date of Death: 05/04/1943.
Number of Photographs: 1.
Number of Fingerprints: 1.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 4.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

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• MAXWELL, Thomas Turnbull | ͏
• 'ME Commando Roll of Honour' | ͏ - "The following are listed on the CWGC database by Regiment only, however their names are on the Westminster Abbey Commando ROH database as Layforce. This in itself is not sufficient to establish Commando service for the CWGC to amend their records."