2328063 Lance-Corporal Edward GRIMMANT, MiD, Royal Corps of Signals: POW, E&E

Date of Enlistment:
Army Number: 2328063
Rank: Lance-Corporal
Name: Edward GRIMMANT, MiD
Unit: Royal Corps of Signals

Date of Birth: 17 September 1919
Place of Birth: Liverpool

Date of Capture:
Place of Capture: Tobruk

POW Number: 28873
POW Camps: Stalag VIIIB, Stalag 344

 

Name: Edward Grimmant . Date of Birth: 17/9/1919 . Place of Birth: Liverpool . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/153/49
Name: Edward Grimmant.
Date of Birth: 17/9/1919.
Place of Birth: Liverpool.
Service: [unspecified].
Rank: Corporal.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [unspecified].
Service Number: 2328063.
Date of Capture: 24 June 1942.
Theatre of Capture: Tobruk.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf.
PoW number: 28873.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 1.
Number of Fingerprints: 1.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

Lance Corporal E Grimmant (service number 2328063). Service: Army, RC of S [Royal... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 208/3327/3023
Lance Corporal E Grimmant (service number 2328063).
Service: Army, RC of S [Royal Corps of Signals].
Escaped from column of march during evacuation of working camp attached to Stalag 344, Lamsdorf, Germany, and contacted Allied Forces.
Possible information on this individual (including appendices) may be present in WO 208/5582-5583.
Date: 1940-1945

 

Recommendation for Award for Grimmant, Edward Rank: Lance Corporal Service... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 373/100/849
Name Grimmant, Edward
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 2328063
Regiment: Royal Corps of Signals 201 Guards Motor Brigade
Theatre of Combat or Operation: The London Omnibus List For Gallant and Distinguished Services in the Field
Award: Mention in Despatches
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 21 February 1946