Barkham Geoffrey George Arnold 2/Lt 132294
Personnel Entry
Name Barkham Geoffrey George Arnold
Army number 132294
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Emergency Commission as 2/Lt in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 25/5/1940. Attached to Durham Light Infantry, Posted to 11th Bn DLI 21/6/1940. Posted Brancepeth I.T.C. 24/9/1940. Served with SoE as an agent in Crete in 1944. Prisoner of War.
Company/Battery A,
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Platoon Commander.
Joined Brigade 01-Jun-40
Promotions W/S Lt 25/11/1941. T/Captain 15/2/1944.
Wounded
Prisoner of War No trace of his Camp or prisoner number in the PoW records.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address
Source table 11DLI
To read an account of SoE activity in Crete, which includes material from Captain Barkham, please click here.
