E.G. “Pongo” Reed

Guardsman · #2695644 · G1 Patrol

Rank	Guardsman
Service number	#2695644
Patrol	G1 Patrol
Regiment	Scots Guards
Known as	“Pongo”
POW / KIA	PoW — Dodecanese, 22 Nov 1943

What this roll records

Aegean/Dodecanese operations, 1943: listed as Guardsman Reed, service no. 2695644; taken prisoner of war, 22 Nov 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix V, Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA).

Barce Raid, Sept 1942 (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): driver W/T — WIA / T6

Dodecanese operations, 1943: prisoner of war 22 Nov 1943. Source: Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA (Appendix V), compiled by Jim Patch, LRDG (UK) Association.

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