| Surname: | Taylor |
| Initials: | J A G |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7685221 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Enlisted in to CMP. Casualty List 560/8, Crete, Missing, 2/6/1941. Casualty List 629/6, Crete, POW previously reported as missing on List 560. Captured Crete. Stalag 344, Lambinowice, Poland. Casualty List 1761/35, reported as POW in German hands not now POW, previous List 629, Crete. 24/2/50 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, War Medal. Address:- 25 Robertson Street, Dundee, Scotland. James Alexander Gibb Taylor. Extract from the Dundee Courier, 10/7/41. MILITARY POLICEMAN. L/Cpl James Alexander Gibbs Taylor, Corps of Military Police, son of Mrs M B Taylor, 25, Robertson Street, Dundee has been posted missing in the Middle East from June 1/2. He joined up in May 1939, and was drafted overseas by November last year. Formerly employed at Dundee West and Perth North, LMS stations as a goods porter. L/Cpl Taylor is 22 and unmarried. (article has small picture of L/Cpl Taylor wearing SD cap). Extract from Dundee Evening Telegraph, 10/9/41. DUNDEE MAN PRISONER IN CRETE. Mrs M B Taylor, 25 Robertson Street, Dundee has received a postcard from her son, L/cpl James A G Taylor, Corps of Military Police previously reported missing saying he is a prisoner in Crete. He is being well treated and is in the best of health. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag 344 POLAND 🇵🇱 |