Anthony M. “Tony” Hay

Captain · #77597 · G1 Patrol

Rank	Captain
Service number	#77597
Patrol	G1 Patrol
Regiment	Coldstream Guards
Known as	“Tony”
POW / KIA	POW — 18 Dec 1941

What this roll records

North Africa — 16 Dec 1941, Maaten el Grara: prisoner of war. G1 commander; misidentified an enemy group as 'E Force' near Maaten el Grara and was taken prisoner with his sergeant. Source: TRACKS magazine (LRDG Association), Ian Chard, 'Not all were lucky — LRDG missing in North Africa', June 2023.

Joined Jul 1941 (Capt., Coldstream Guards). P.O.W. 18 Dec 1941. LRDG Unit Casualty Returns (A.F. 3010), Appendix 3 officers list (source: Brendan O'Carroll).

PATROL COMMANDER of G1 per W.B. Kennedy Shaw, "Long Range Desert Group", Appendix 4 Patrol Commanders.

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AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
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