James “Jim” Nolan

Sergeant · #2695378 · G1 Patrol

What this roll records

The service number on this card read “#2695378 ?”. The query mark recorded doubt and was showing publicly. It has been removed and the doubt stated here: 2695378 is not confirmed. It is worth noting that the number sits one apart from Murray #2695377 in the Scots Guards block, which is corroboration of a kind — two men one number apart enlisted together — but it is not a source.

North Africa — 16 Dec 1941, Maaten el Grara: prisoner of war. Absconded from Campo 53 Sep 1943, reached Allied lines 29 Jun 1944, UK Aug 1944; by then fluent in Italian. Source: TRACKS magazine (LRDG Association), Ian Chard, 'Not all were lucky — LRDG missing in North Africa', June 2023.

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Where this comes from

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

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