Pte George Sutton, Pte Frederick Gooch, L/Cpl Alexander Mills
Date: 22/05/2013
Views: 7839
Owner: Pete Rogers (Admin)
Capt. James Macalister Kinross, No.7 Commando. PoW Crete
[Photo taken whilst in captivity courtesy of his son Vyvyan Kinross].
130041 Captain James Macalister Kinross, Cameronians and No.7 Commando ('A' Bn., Layforce) was captured during operations in Crete and remained in captivity until the end of the war. After evacuation to the UK in 1945 he spent the next two years in military TB hospitals. Timeline
14.05.1940 Second Lieutenant, Cameronians.
08.12.1941 posted No.3 Special Service Battalion.
31.01.1941 Captain/Adjutant of No.7 Commando which embarked at Lamlash, Isle of Arran, as 'A' Battalion of Layforce.
11.03.1941 disembarked Egypt.
25.05.1941 disembarked Crete to provide rearguard cover for evacuation of Allied Forces.
01.06.1941 prisoner of war Sfakia, Crete. Camps
05.06.1941 Maleme air base Crete.
June/July 1941 Dulag 183 Salonika, Greece.
Aug 1941 Oflag X/C, Lubeck, Germany
Oct. 1941 Reserve Lazarett V, Hamburg Wandsbek, Germany.
Oct. 1941 Oflag VI/B Dossel-Warburg, Germany.
Sep 1942 Oflag VII/B Eichstatt Bavaria, Germany.
July 1943 - March 1945 Oflag IX/AZ Rotenburg, Germany.
James Macalister Kinross
b. 25.06.1919 London
d. 30.01.1967.