I am looking for any information on Front-Stalag 221 also called Rennes Military Hospital also called Stalag 221 W. I have located the building in Rennes France and would very much like any information or stories from UK/Commonwealth POWs held there. It was the main location for severely wounded paratroopers on D-Day. My Father was a US Paratrooper wounded and held there until Patton's breakout liberated the town. The medical staff was mainly captured Allied doctors and aidmen.
I know this is a necro post but I thought I would share the information I have found. I have gone to Rennes and talked with folks on the ground that were there and back in the US I went to our National Archives and found the Admissions and Dispositions log kept jointly by Maj. Oxley, RAMC and Capt Kolmann MC. Below is the list of UK wounded POWs that were recorded at Rennes. 272 British, 88 Canadians and 1 New Zealander were treated at the hospital from 10 June 1944 until 4 August 1944 when the hospital was liberated. Four British and two Canadians died in the hospital. 656 US personnel were treated there of which 30 died. Log Entry Rank Service No. Name Nation Injury Arrived Code: 3 DVR 14432106 Holmes, A. BR Sprained Ankle 11-Jun-44 18-Jun-44 4 PVT 58924109 Palmer, C. BR Fracture Right Humerus 11-Jun-44 5 PVT 14429760 Evans, A. BR GSW Right Hand 11-Jun-44 5-Jul-44 6 PVT 5112422 Fletcher, J. BR Burned left hand 11-Jun-44 15-Jun-44 7 PVT 5113664 Raybould, J. BR Shrapnel wound right hand 11-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 8 PVT 12635104 Scott, C. L. BR Shrapnel left hand 11-Jun-44 16-Jun-44 9 PVT 14408286 Wiley, J. T. BR Shrapnel left arm 11-Jun-44 16-Jun-44 10 SGT 2574548 Lamond, A. BR Septic left thumb 11-Jun-44 18-Jun-44 11 GNR 49288098 Bissell, K. BR Sprained Back 11-Jun-44 16-Jun-44 12 S/LDR 43081 Wright, C. BR Cut forehead RAF 11-Jun-44 15-Jun-44 14 CPT 86932 Walker BR Cut left hand, head and leg 11-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 15 CPT "248068 248063" Nelson, D. H. BR ?Diagnosis Entry is marked out and this is a Doctor? 11-Jun-44 25-Jun-44 16 F/SGT 1814824 "Clark, Charles (Van Molkot, Joseph)" BR Injury to old Inguinal hernia RAF 11-Jun-44 26-Jun-44 18 CMDR Keen-Miller, Jack Morris BR Head injury 11-Jun-44 16-Jun-44 19 MAJ Marshall BR GSW and fracture of right mandible 11-Jun-44 29 LCPL 624583 McGovern BR GSW right chest and left leg 15-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 31 PVT 4203578 Penty, H. BR Shrapnel in back 15-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 34 F/LT 132419 Roper, Peter Digby Lewington BR Canon shell right ankle -- 198 Squadron 13-Jun-44 45 CPL 5889516 Heald, J. BR GSW left leg 13-Jun-44 46 PVT 6298309 Barry, J. BR Shrapnel right leg and left buttock 13-Jun-44 16-Jun-44 48 GNR T/14417?6 Parr, R. BR GSW ring finger left hand 13-Jun-44 16-Jun-44 49 TPR 1448652 Aimsley, B. BR ? Region left side bridge of nose 13-Jun-44 9-Jul-44 50 TPR 794894 Wheatley, L. BR GSW right arm and hand fracture 13-Jun-44 53 SGT 4536181 Parsons, P. BR Mortar wounds of left leg 13-Jun-44 54 PVT 5342929 Long, B. J. BR GSW left side of jaw 13-Jun-44 56 LCPL 1431880 Marshall, K. BR Sypovitis left knee 13-Jun-44 59 LCPL 5955468 Ambrose, A. BR GSW right thigh 13-Jun-44 21-Jul-44 63 PVT 14435412 Smith, W. BR Shrapnel right arm 13-Jun-44 28-Jun-44 73 WO 776172 Ballock, T. W. E. BR Fractured right knee and burned face 13-Jun-44 25-Jul-44 88 LCPL 5107780 Teakern, E. BR GSW both legs 13-Jun-44 25-Jul-44 90 SSG 7625958 Musitano, Paul William Barnes BR GSW back entrance and exit wound 13-Jun-44 28-Jul-44 102 PVT 5342963 Swenson, J. G. BR Shrapnel near axillia and groin 13-Jun-44 28-Jun-44 184 GNR 14358272 Brookes BR Shrapnel to head 16-Jun-44 18-Jun-44 185 SGT 1608600 Wyncole BR GSW Foot 16-Jun-44 18-Jun-44 186 LCPL 921424 Lagg, K. BR Shrapnel left eye 16-Jun-44 6-Jul-44 196 TPR 4626481 Heeley, Wally (Walter?) E. BR Shrapnel Right eye 17-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 213 PVT 4410716 Davies, R. J. BR GSW right foot 17-Jun-44 25-Jul-44 216 PVT 14406826 Jones, A. BR GSW left shoulder 18-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 217 LT 295442 Smith, G. P. B. BR GSW neck and right arm 18-Jun-44 17-Jul-44 218 TPR 2118891 Bean, A. BR GSW left shoulder 18-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 219 LCPL 6969980 Pickett, E. BR GSW Right arm and right thigh 18-Jun-44 220 TPR 7696940 McHugh, A. BR GSW neck 18-Jun-44 30-Jun-44 221 PVT 5125809 Johnson, R. BR GSW right arm and left shoulder 18-Jun-44 30-Jun-44 222 PVT 3321761 Massow, L. BR Sprained knee 18-Jun-44 1-Jul-44 228 PVT 14407296 Megson, C. BR GSW left shoulder and side 18-Jun-44 18-Jul-44 229 RFL 7009879 Gallagher, E. BR GSW right leg 18-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 230 RFL 44527250 Jones, J. BR GSW right shoulder, chest and legs 18-Jun-44 23-Jul-44 231 PVT 5769871 Ellis, Thomas Walter BR GSW Right shoulder 18-Jun-44 23-Jul-44 232 PVT 14214867 Jenner, Donald Harry BR GSW right leg, left wrist Died on POW train at LANGEAIS 18-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 233 PVT 3976643 Hughes, W. BR GSW right hand, left eyebrow 18-Jun-44 234 PVT 5783285 Baxter, T. BR GSW left shoulder 18-Jun-44 1-Jul-44 235 SGT 4924621 Evetts, F. BR Bruised shoulders 18-Jun-44 1-Jul-44 236 PVT 5118667 Whillock, W. BR GSW left thigh 18-Jun-44 5-Jul-44 238 PVT 5116892 Hedge, W. BR GSW right foot 18-Jun-44 21-Jul-44 239 PVT 5342965 Walters, G. BR GSW right foot 18-Jun-44 21-Jul-44 240 PVT 5115202 Williams, W. BR GSW both thighs 18-Jun-44 241 RFL 7019610 Creighton, F. BR GSW right ankle 18-Jun-44 242 PO X/111109 Smith, John Alexander BR Amputation right leg upper ? 18-Jun-44 22-Jun-44 243 PVT 14282252 Hyde BR Fracture right Tibia and Fibula 18-Jun-44 244 PVT 14410122 Clayson BR Amputation right leg, shrapnel head, face and arms 19-Jun-44 253 CPL 2887491 Hay BR Shrapnel left breast 19-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 254 RFL 6969873 Darby, K. BR GSW right elbow, fracture Tibia 19-Jun-44 255 SGT 1604298 Heal?, P. BR Fracture Tibia and Fibula 19-Jun-44 264 PVT 5116769 Gilchrist, S. BR Fracture right Femur 18-Jun-44 267 PVT 5441542 Spange, G. BR GSW left axilla, left lumbar region 18-Jun-44 277 SGT 7908487 Lanpmead, J. T. BR GSW right arm 20-Jun-44 27-Jul-44 329 PVT 3661162 Mills, John BR GSW through left leg 21-Jun-44 351 SGT 4348985 Horsfall, B. BR GSW both shoulders, shrapnel foot 23-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 356 PVT 14624044 Gregory, Williams BR Amputation left foot second toe 23-Jun-44 357 TPR 14436710 Hare, Williams C. D. BR Sprained Ankle 23-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 358 CPL 14351801 Downes or Downs, Frank BR GSW right elbow, right side 23-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 362 SGT 5724636 Saunder or Saunders, Walter BR Fracture Tibia and Fibula 23-Jun-44 363 FO 135755 Hogg, Ernest L. BR Fracture left Humerus, sprained and bruised back? 23-Jun-44 364 PVT 5511723 Hines, Patrick A. BR GSW buttock 23-Jun-44 25-Jul-44 366 PVT 2881833 Walker, George BR Shrapnel right leg, left heel 23-Jun-44 19-Jul-44 367 CPL 4755175 Collwill, G. H. BR GSW left foot 23-Jun-44 369 PVT 14326152 Peach, T. BR GSW right chest 23-Jun-44 1-Jul-44 370 RFL 14403266 Devine, C. BR Bomb blast head 23-Jun-44 21-Jul-44 371 LCPL 14214312 Lochhead or Locklead, R. BR GSW right leg and right ? 23-Jun-44 23-Jul-44 375 PVT 14660458 Bebbington, N. BR Shrapnel left arm and shoulder 23-Jun-44 30-Jul-44 376 PVT 1077209 Murray, M. U. BR Shrapnel right (left?) leg 23-Jun-44 1-Jul-44 377 PVT 6479666 Whitehead, H. BR Shrapnel back and left arm 23-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 379 TPR 7955846 Collinge, J. M. BR GSW multiple 23-Jun-44 380 CPL 5781835 Newman, C. J. BR GSW right arm 23-Jun-44 5-Jul-44 385 PVT 14596147 Belcher, J. H. BR GSW left leg 23-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 388 PVT 14660487 Collett, E. A. BR Shrapnel left chest 23-Jun-44 389 PVT 14606556 Thurlow, J. E. BR Shrapnel left leg and back 23-Jun-44 392 PVT 14412898 Broomfield or Broonfield, E. BR GSW right arm and right groin 23-Jun-44 393 PVT 5678783 Collins, D. BR GSW right chest fractured ankle 23-Jun-44 397 PVT 4755211 Brassel, G. BR GSW right chest and wrist 23-Jun-44 5-Jul-44 398 PVT CH/X.105642 Charlwood, H. BR Shrapnel right leg, right arm 23-Jun-44 11-Jul-44 399 PVT CH/X.105643 Coford, A. BR GSW right leg 23-Jun-44 11-Jul-44 400 LCPL 3712663 Mannion, J. P. BR Shrapnel both legs 23-Jun-44 31-Jul-44 401 LTC 40514 Richardson, Philip Herbert BR GSW left hand, splinter left leg 23-Jun-44 30-Jun-44 408 CPL 5193318 Spence, W. C. BR GSW right leg, right thigh 23-Jun-44 30-Jul-44 409 LCPL 14616672 Edwards, F. BR GSW right foot 23-Jun-44 410 LCPL 1948282 Haegan, R. BR GSW left arm 23-Jun-44 1-Jul-44 411 PVT 14211572 Brown, P. BR GSW left leg 23-Jun-44 23-Jul-44 412 CPL 6918136 Eldon, E. BR GSW head 23-Jun-44 413 LT 145191 Warner, R. D. BR GSW left arm, left shoulder and right arm 23-Jun-44 30-Jun-44 414 PVT "7893728 7895728" Staniforth, F. BR Shrapnel left shoulder 23-Jun-44 1-Jul-44 415 PVT POX 4854 Kohler, R. BR GSW right leg 23-Jun-44 5-Jul-44 417 RFL 14360448 Alderson, Robert BR Multiple GSW 24-Jun-44 418 PVT "1502853 14260448" "Carter, W. J. Carter, William" BR Shrapnel right arm 24-Jun-44 420 CPL 5502924 Harling, George BR GSW both feet, left knee and right arm 24-Jun-44 421 PVT 14250048 Lawrence, Felix BR GSW left buttock and thigh 24-Jun-44 5-Jul-44 422 LCPL "5343489 534349" Rogers, John BR GSW right arm 24-Jun-44 5-Jul-44 424 CPL 6968605 Watt, Douglas BR GSW left buttock and thigh 24-Jun-44 25-Jul-44 428 RFL 6201565 White, Douglas BR Multiple GSW 24-Jun-44 429 RFL 6916652 Neville, Sydney BR GSW left arm right buttock 24-Jun-44 431 PVT 5347566 Farguharson, Maurice BR Malaria 24-Jun-44 23-Jul-44 432 TPR 14228340 Taylor, Wilfred BR Burns face, left arm, shrapnel right leg and right hand 24-Jun-44 23-Jul-44 433 MAJ 50233 Carr, Arthur BR Shrapnel left leg 24-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 434 CPL 7018871 Cully, Robert BR GSW left thigh 24-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 436 TPR 1875929 Peachey, Arthur BR Fractured ribs 24-Jun-44 1-Jul-44 437 TPR 14544648 Rix, Thomas BR Burns face and hands 24-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 438 CPL "2935419 2935149" Wood, Robert BR GSW left arm and left thigh 23-Jun-44 20-Jul-44 439 CPL 6021914 Ravenhill, Norman BR GSW spine, head 23-Jun-44 457 LT 311378 Bell, Allen BR GSW left thigh 27-Jun-44 458 PVT 5725130 Gallaway, G. E. BR GSW right shoulder fracture right ankle 27-Jun-44 459 SGT 7905015 Pumphery, Jack BR Burns face, hands left arm 27-Jun-44 460 CPL 771565 Parton, J. BR Amputation left leg 27-Jun-44 461 LT 138463 Cork, H. BR Fracture right leg 27-Jun-44 462 CPL 2589875 Ramsbottom, Harry BR Burns face, both hands 27-Jun-44 463 LCPL 7013199 Holmes, William BR Shrapnel left leg 27-Jun-44 467 CPT 284850 Bousfield, Richard BR GSW chest 27-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 468 CPL 3781977 Penter, Gordon BR Penetrating GSW face 27-Jun-44 469 PVT 1611027 Dodds, Thomas BR Shrapnel right arm GSW right knee 27-Jun-44 470 PVT 14206309 Ellis, James Henry BR Fracture left leg 27-Jun-44 471 PVT "14646951 14646051" Cumby, Cecil BR Fracture left arm, shrapnel left shoulder, right arm, right leg, and left thigh 27-Jun-44 472 MAJ 134357 Hudson, Ronald BR Amputated left leg and shrapnel right arm, chest and shoulder 27-Jun-44 473 LT 259388 Walker, Christophe BR Common fracture left Tibia 27-Jun-44 474 LCPL 3608573 Hoy, A. BR GSW right arm 27-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 476 PVT 6026619 Dixon, James BR Contusion of back Died in Nantes POW Train 8 August 27-Jun-44 2-Aug-44 480 PVT 4203107 Parry, T. BR GSW fracture right thigh 27-Jun-44 487 FLT 126582 Cattermoul, Frank Harold BR Concussion brain, bruise left eye and left wrist 30-Jun-44 6-Jul-44 496 PVT 14404509 Faulkner, Arthur William BR GSW right buttock CWGC has death 23 June 44 in Bayeaux Cemetary 1-Jul-44 25-Jul-44 497 PVT 3862223 Butcher, C. F. BR Multiple shrapnel wounds 1-Jul-44 498 LCPL 3711791 Gresty, Thomas BR Shrapnel left leg and left hand 1-Jul-44 499 PVT 5182881 O'Brien, Christophe BR Fracture left leg and GSW right leg 1-Jul-44 501 PVT 4196081 Perry, James BR Shrapnel in back 1-Jul-44 502 F/SGT 1311816 Boon, Peter BR Fractured jaw and injuries to back and shoulders 1-Jul-44 503 LT "210531 215031" Weiner, J. M. BR Shrapnel left and right legs 2-Jul-44 504 SGT 3134750 Mason, L. BR Extensive burns face and hands 2-Jul-44 505 TPR 14295795 Baker, Gordon L. BR Burns face and hands, shrapnel neck, GSW right hand and finger 2-Jul-44 506 CPL "3001307 3061397" "Stevens, R. Steven, George" BR Fracture left jaw, GSW throat 2-Jul-44 507 PVT 4449221 Furness, Frederick BR GSW chest (right) Died 16 September 44 CWGC 2-Jul-44 508 PVT 14373884 Corbridge, Ernest BR GSW left mastoid 2-Jul-44 5-Jul-44 509 PVT 14266850 Stubbs, Stanley BR GSW in back 2-Jul-44 18-Jul-44 510 LCPL "14212343 14212543" Peppercorn, Kenneth BR Shrapnel left leg 2-Jul-44 30-Jul-44 511 LT 300333 Bendall, P. M. BR Fracture left Tibia 2-Jul-44 512 PVT 2983385 Black, James BR Shrapnel left leg and thigh and right arm 2-Jul-44 513 CPL 5888383 Lott, Horace BR Compound fracture left Humerus, compound fracture left Femur 2-Jul-44 514 PVT 4748774 Shippam, M. BR Shrapnel left arm, right leg and thigh 2-Jul-44 18-Jul-44 515 PVT "1465529 14655259" Armstrong, F. BR Fracture right leg 2-Jul-44 516 SGT 5256651 Thomas, Sidney BR Penetrating GSW left thigh 2-Jul-44 517 PVT 975343 "Bowyer, P. F. Bowyev, Frank" BR Shrapnel left arm, GSW left buttock 2-Jul-44 5-Jul-44 518 PVT 5730159 Dawe, William C. BR Penetrating GSW left thigh 2-Jul-44 31-Jul-44 519 PVT 14211281 Stephenson, Alex BR Shrapnel left hand and right leg 2-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 523 PVT 3319555 Gardner, John BR GSW right buttock 3-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 524 PVT 1150724 Thurgood, Jack BR Fracture right arm 3-Jul-44 525 PVT 5675486 Tuffin, Jack BR Shrapnel right arm 3-Jul-44 526 PVT 14592282 Watkins, Naumer BR Fracture left Femur 3-Jul-44 531 PVT 14261700 Gascoigne, Ralph BR Shrapnel right leg 3-Jul-44 19-Jul-44 532 PVT 14409752 Schneiderman, Alfred BR Fracture right Femur 3-Jul-44 533 LT 245288 Ennals, David BR Fracture Right Humerus 3-Jul-44 534 PVT 7356444 Mathews, Kenneth Samuel K. BR 3-Jul-44 8-Jul-44 536 PVT 97003267 Newcomb, Victor Noel BR Erysipilis 4-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 537 CPL 3133739 Woodhead, C. BR GSW right leg and thigh 4-Jul-44 546 CPL 420539 Sutherland, Ian Bruce BR Multiple shrapnel wounds 4-Jul-44 28-Jul-44 548 PVT 3663636 Taylor, Arthur BR GSW right hip 4-Jul-44 549 PVT "14691473 14691472" Jeffrey, Gerald BR GSW right foot 4-Jul-44 551 SGT 3660245 Taylor, Trevor BR GSW back (fracture spine) 4-Jul-44 553 LT 245304 Casares, Raoul BR GSW buttock and right shoulder 4-Jul-44 554 PVT 2037184 Cooper, Nentle BR Shrapnel left foot and ankle 4-Jul-44 557 PVT 5837148 Rawlinson, Georges BR Shrapnel neck and left leg 4-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 558 PVT 14643316 Smith, Roy BR Fracture left arm 4-Jul-44 559 LT 164490 Luxton, Brian F. BR GSW back 4-Jul-44 9-Jul-44 576 GNR 956374 "Smith, R. W. Smith, Walter" BR Shrapnel lower jaw 5-Jul-44 19-Jul-44 578 RFL 3254747 Marshall, William BR Shrapnel right eyebrow and right hand 6-Jul-44 579 PVT 3133793 Clowes, James BR Shrapnel back, hands, left thigh, left foot 6-Jul-44 580 PVT 3133909 Bryson, Thomas BR Shrapnel left arm, left ear 6-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 581 RFL 3249442 Rowe, Stanley BR Shrapnel left temple, left arm, left leg 6-Jul-44 19-Jul-44 618 PVT 4274143 Brown, Robert BR GSW left hip 8-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 619 PVT 3976826 Archer, William BR GSW right hip 8-Jul-44 620 PVT 14214902 Todd, Fred BR Shrapnel right leg 8-Jul-44 621 PVT 4081458 Zobole, Louis BR Shrapnel right buttock 8-Jul-44 19-Jul-44 622 TPR 3458718 Turner, F. BR Shrapnel right knee, left hip 8-Jul-44 19-Jul-44 623 DVR 3783200 Ackley, Harold BR Fracture right arm 8-Jul-44 624 PVT "5349485 5349486" Matthews, Roderick BR Shrapnel left side 8-Jul-44 28-Jul-44 625 PVT 5573054 Tennant, H. BR Shrapnel right leg 8-Jul-44 639 SGT 319072 Northover, E. BR GSW left Ulna 9-Jul-44 640 PVT 5732219 Devenish, W. BR Shrapnel in right hand 9-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 641 PVT 5628353 Cutler, A. BR Fracture right leg by GSW 9-Jul-44 642 PVT 14206598 Hall, D. BR Fracture upper right leg 9-Jul-44 698 SMJ 4102649 Mewett, A. BR Shrapnel back of head 10-Jul-44 720 LSGT 4800250 Goddard, W. F. BR GSW left elbow, suspected fracture 13-Jul-44 721 PVT 5628907 Jacobs, F. T. BR GSW left arm 13-Jul-44 722 CPT 158315 Wager, L. J. B. BR GSW right arm 13-Jul-44 723 PVT 5724604 Hansford, William George BR GSW right knee Died 21 January 1945 CWGC 13-Jul-44 724 LCPL 5730146 Spicer, E. BR GSW right ankle 13-Jul-44 725 PVT 14203754 Mabbott, D. BR GSW right side chest and left leg 13-Jul-44 726 PVT 4635050 Newfound, J. BR GSW back 13-Jul-44 727 LT 277729 Anderson, R. BR Contusion chest, back and left leg 13-Jul-44 728 CPL 1082422 Kellan BR Shrapnel both legs 13-Jul-44 729 LCPL 5050839 Latton BR Shrapnel right leg, GSW left thigh 13-Jul-44 730 PVT 5726573 Chapman, C. BR Shrapnel both legs and left shoulder, GSW right hand 13-Jul-44 786 PVT 5728892 Hendry, R. BR GSW right ankle 15-Jul-44 19-Jul-44 787 PVT 5724388 Kimber, William Francis Peter BR Shrapnel left arm Died 6 August on POW train LANGEAIS 15-Jul-44 19-Jul-44 788 PVT 5728082 Bunce, D. BR GSW left arm 15-Jul-44 789 PVT H/14610318 Langforth, L. BR Shrapnel back, left leg 15-Jul-44 19-Jul-44 790 PVT 5726625 White, R. BR Shrapnel right leg 15-Jul-44 791 PVT 5506362 Ogbrunn, H. BR Shrapnel chest 15-Jul-44 819 CPL 4203735 Martin, D. BR Shrapnel left leg 19-Jul-44 820 LT 217383 Evans, Linus BR GSW left shoulder Died 8 Feb 1945 CWGC rank of CPT 19-Jul-44 821 PVT 6922625 Pearce, A. BR Shrapnel left arm 19-Jul-44 24-Jul-44 822 CPL 4197714 Hughes, H. BR Shrapnel left hip 19-Jul-44 823 PVT 14426969 Sandford, A. BR Shrapnel right leg 19-Jul-44 824 PVT 3909459 Long, B. BR Shrapnel left chest, right leg 19-Jul-44 24-Jul-44 825 PVT 3910413 Richards, T. BR GSW face and right arm 19-Jul-44 826 FUS 4203320 Harris, D. BR GSW right shoulder 19-Jul-44 827 FUS 4200190 Furben, T. BR GSW right leg 19-Jul-44 828 PVT 531695 Scroggs, G. BR Shrapnel left hand 19-Jul-44 829 PVT 5389158 James, T. BR GSW right shoulder 19-Jul-44 24-Jul-44 830 PVT 808009 Smith, J. BR GSW left leg, right arm 19-Jul-44 24-Jul-44 832 PVT 7927811 Pearson, G. BR Shrapnel right foot 19-Jul-44 833 PVT 14592800 Hepgood, C. BR GSW right elbow 19-Jul-44 27-Jul-44 834 PVT 4200216 Lennon, J. BR GSW right leg 19-Jul-44 24-Jul-44 835 PVT 2057292 Hurst, W. BR Shrapnel both legs 19-Jul-44 837 PVT 2992436 Sawson, J. BR Shrapnel buttocks 19-Jul-44 23-Jul-44 876 PVT 5443920 Taylor, L. BR Shrapnel left leg 20-Jul-44 877 PVT 5723517 Thompson, H? BR Shrapnel right hip 20-Jul-44 878 LCPL 5731675 Barrett, William BR Amputated left leg 20-Jul-44 891 CPL 4197927 Walsh, T. BR GSW neck 22-Jul-44 27-Jul-44 892 PVT 4206667 Costello, T. BR GSW left leg 22-Jul-44 893 PVT 3393959 Hayhurst, Walter BR Shrapnel right leg 22-Jul-44 24-Jul-44 894 SGT 4191896 Taylor, J. BR Shrapnel right leg 22-Jul-44 895 PVT 14610393 Watkins, G. BR GSW left leg 22-Jul-44 27-Jul-44 896 PVT 4200163 Sturmer, A. BR GSW right side of head 22-Jul-44 897 PVT 14660329 Pickett, R. BR Shrapnel left leg and chest, right arm 22-Jul-44 898 LCPL 2121917 Mason, E. BR Shrapnel left leg 22-Jul-44 899 PVT 2125878 Coward BR Shrapnel right ankle 22-Jul-44 27-Jul-44 900 PVT 7047940 Capwell, F. BR GSW right leg 22-Jul-44 27-Jul-44 901 PVT 3909446 Merryweather, A. BR Shrapnel left leg and back 22-Jul-44 902 PVT 14425644 Williams, A. BR GSW left leg/fracture 23-Jul-44 904 PVT 4202430 O'Connell, N. BR Shrapnel head 23-Jul-44 906 PVT 7951999 Bellis, D. BR Shrapnel both legs, both arms 23-Jul-44 909 PVT 4202770 Leah, D. BR GSW right leg (fracture) 23-Jul-44 916 PVT 1500964 O'Kane, T. BR Shrapnel right arm and shoulder 23-Jul-44 917 LCPL 4206378 Burns, J. BR Shrapnel right leg 23-Jul-44 920 PVT 3942528 Assurate, J. BR Shrapnel left hand and head 23-Jul-44 921 PVT 3971049 Martin, L. BR Contusion right arm 23-Jul-44 27-Jul-44 922 PVT 4205467 Davis, R. BR Shrapnel legs 23-Jul-44 923 PVT 3967033 Powell, D. BR Shrapnel left leg 23-Jul-44 924 PVT 1465897 Williams, T. BR Shrapnel both legs and arms 23-Jul-44 925 PVT 3958861 Madley, W. BR Shrapnel fracture Clavicle 23-Jul-44 926 PVT 3968154 Kearle, T. BR Contusion left arm, leg and face 23-Jul-44 927 LCPL 14204304 Keale, S. BR GSW left buttock 23-Jul-44 928 PVT 14205221 Sales, P. BR Shrapnel right arm 23-Jul-44 929 PVT 3976351 Jones, D. BR Contusion right face 24-Jul-44 940 PVT 7012088 Cochrane, G. BR Rheumatism right arm 25-Jul-44 944 SGT 3957832 Jones, E. BR Shrapnel right shoulder 25-Jul-44 945 PVT 5501590 Carter, C. BR Burns legs and right hand 25-Jul-44 979 PVT 14673637 Laveys, A. BR GSW right arm 27-Jul-44 980 PVT 14407997 Sweetman, R. BR Shrapnel left side of back 27-Jul-44 981 LSGT 2733480 Ellis, R. BR Shrapnel back of head 27-Jul-44 982 PVT 4197653 French, H. BR Shrapnel back 27-Jul-44 983 FUS 4203329 Simms, Kenneth BR GSW fracture of skull 27-Jul-44 28-Jul-44 986 LCPL 3976361 Lloyd, S. BR Shrapnel left leg 27-Jul-44 987 PVT 14351801 Miller, C. BR Shrapnel left leg 27-Jul-44 1001 PVT 14324271 Rose, W. BR Shrapnel left eye, right leg 29-Jul-44 1016 PVT 5669095 Hayes, S. BR GSW left shoulder 1-Aug-44 1 PVT F/78406 McCulloch, H. E. CA Shrapnel left Auxilla 11-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 2 PVT G/23117 Kelly, L. J. CA GSW Left Chest 11-Jun-44 5-Jul-44 21 PVT F/55254 McNeill, J. CA Buttock and leg shrapnel wounds 13-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 22 CPL F/44999 Diggins CA Shrapnel wound of left side of head 11-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 24 PVT F/60008 "Bishop, L. N. Bishop, R. W." CA GSW right thigh 13-Jun-44 5-Jul-44 25 F/SGT R/193475 McGowan, R. CA Fracture Right Humerus 13-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 28 LCPL F/29968 Stevenson, W. S. CA GSW left shoulder 15-Jun-44 5-Jul-44 55 PVT H/195460 Trudeau, D. D. CA Multiple shrapnel wounds 13-Jun-44 9-Jul-44 80 RFL H/121061 Georgeson, W. E. CA GSW left thigh 13-Jun-44 16-Jun-44 81 PVT D/135646 Weeks, H. J. CA Shrapnel in buttocks 13-Jun-44 18-Jun-44 82 PVT D/139263 Rice, Jack A. CA Shrapnel in right temple 13-Jun-44 11-Jul-44 83 PVT F/52101 Wardrope, A. R. CA Shrapnel right shoulder, left head 13-Jun-44 16-Jun-44 93 RFL H/41578 Bast, C. J. CA Shrapnel left calf 13-Jun-44 16-Jun-44 149 PVT F/36126 Dunn, R. L. CA Perforating wound right hand 16-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 161 PVT A/102942 Masse, R. J. U. CA Abrasion to calf, patella twisted 16-Jun-44 28-Jun-44 168 F/SGT R/194196 Minet, J. CA Superficial burns of face 16-Jun-44 18-Jun-44 182 CPL H/41725 McLean, H. C. CA GSW back, right thigh 16-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 190 RFL H/41207 Garnett, S. CA GSW shoulders 16-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 237 LT James, Donald Arthur CA GSW neck 18-Jun-44 258 CPL H/17354 Lavalle CA GSW back 19-Jun-44 259 PVT G/19498 Sweeney CA Amputation right leg 19-Jun-44 327 PVT L/105890 Bell, T. C. CA GSW right arm 21-Jun-44 26-Jul-44 328 CPL F/60362 MacIntyre, A. CA GSW right foot 21-Jun-44 330 LCPL K/15360 Shelford, H. M. CA GSW left foot 21-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 331 PVT H/41640 Dutiaume, H. J. CA Shrapnel left arm and left leg 21-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 332 SGT F/44705 Dudka, S. CA GSW right arm 21-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 368 TPR H/26744 Speight, S. L. CA Burns face and legs 23-Jun-44 372 PVT L/106403 McIntosh, M. H. CA GSW right foot and left leg 23-Jun-44 381 PVT F/3563 Aucsin, F. N. CA Right leg amputation 23-Jun-44 382 PVT F/89974 Sampson, S. A. CA GSW right Femur, penetrating wound right hand 23-Jun-44 384 PVT F/45199 Gordan, D. B. CA GSW right Femur 23-Jun-44 386 SGT F/50115 Morris, Cecil Bertram CA GSW left leg 23-Jun-44 31-Jul-44 394 CPL F/45467 Sceetes, G. L. CA GSW left leg 23-Jun-44 396 PVT F/56522 Rosta, George CA Shrapnel right leg Died 10 June 44 CWGC 23-Jun-44 30-Jul-44 402 FO J22382 Ross, J. W. CA Facial burns 23-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 403 PVT G/4430 Wade, L. A. CA GSW right arm and back 23-Jun-44 404 RFL H/4727 Burdett, C. W. CA GSW right foot, GSW left leg 23-Jun-44 405 CPL B/70269 Labrick, M. P. CA Amputation right arm 23-Jun-44 407 PVT "D/62856 " Leclair, ?. P. CA GSW right leg 23-Jun-44 416 PVT D/139988 Raymond CA Shrapnel left foot 23-Jun-44 423 SGT F/30033 Wilson, R. H. CA Fracture right ankle 24-Jun-44 430 RFL L/28201 Ewalk, W. J. CA GSW right arm 24-Jun-44 1-Jul-44 435 LCPL F/45174 McKay, W. L. CA GSw right arm and head 24-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 450 PO J/19712 Murphy, N. P. CA Injury to head and back (Crash) 25-Jun-44 30-Jun-44 456 PVT F/56085 Fisher, A. CA Fracture left leg 27-Jun-44 464 RFL H/40939 LeClair, John CA Fracture right Femur 27-Jun-44 8-Jul-44 465 PVT F/13201 Carfan, L. CA Shrapnel left arm, hand, knee and shoulders 27-Jun-44 466 RFL H/20794 Cook, A. CA Amputation right leg 27-Jun-44 538 CPL F/49723 Gourley, C. O. CA Shrapnel right shoulder, chest and neck 4-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 539 PVT F/2907 Peters, E. CA Shrapnel right leg 4-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 540 PVT A/104355 McConnell, P. F. CA GSW right buttock 4-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 541 CPL H/40932 Cullen, J. CA GSW left chest 4-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 542 PVT A/102829 La Foret, G. A. CA GSW right elbow 4-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 543 PVT F/44824 MacDonald, M. CA Fracture left shoulder 4-Jul-44 544 CPL` E/22604 Berube, L. CA GSW chest and right arm 4-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 545 PVT F/49719 Glennie, A. CA Amputation 3rd right hand finger, fracture finger left hand 4-Jul-44 547 CPT Brebner, C. CA Fracture left radius and Ulna and Pelvis 4-Jul-44 550 RFL H/21064 Knasnesky, George CA GSW left buttock 4-Jul-44 19-Jul-44 552 PVT F/50021 Pyke, N. W. CA Shrapnel left leg and arm, fracture right arm 4-Jul-44 12-Jul-44 555 PVT F/87703 Richards, R. CA GSW left chest, multiple shrapnel 4-Jul-44 556 PVT F/50310 Melanson, D. CA Amputation 2 fingers 4-Jul-44 574 WO C27452 Blair, W. CA Shrapnel right buttock 5-Jul-44 697 FLT J/15120 Needham, William Barry CA Burns face, waist, legs -- Goes by Barry in records 412 Squadron 10-Jul-44 816 WO1 R/71499 Powers, William Charles CA Shrapnel left eye, both arms 18-Jul-44 20-Jul-44 957 PVT D/81395 Royston, F. CA GSW right leg 27-Jul-44 958 PVT K/50624 Hunchak, J. CA Shrapnel left leg 27-Jul-44 959 CPT Kemp, J. CA GSW fracture right leg 27-Jul-44 960 PVT 114015 Cuima, M. CA GSW, shrapnel both legs 27-Jul-44 961 PVT N/33820 Knupp, A. CA Shrapnel right leg 27-Jul-44 962 PVT D/81403 McWilliams, D. CA Shrapnel left leg 27-Jul-44 963 PVT C/118592 Knuth, H. CA Shrapnel left shoulder 27-Jul-44 964 PVT B/155389 Dunford, C. CA Shrapnel back 27-Jul-44 966 PVT D/76949 Dunlop, J. CA Shrapnel right arm 27-Jul-44 967 PVT D/123434 Fortier, H. CA Shrapnel back and leg 27-Jul-44 968 PVT B/755186 Kennedy, J. CA GSW jaw 27-Jul-44 969 PVT D/81969 McAran, B. CA GSW right arm and chest 27-Jul-44 970 PVT D/82981 Goodale, C. CA Shrapnel left leg 27-Jul-44 971 PVT D/82582 Leduc, A. CA GSW back 27-Jul-44 972 SGT D/83195 Raulston, M. CA GSW left leg 27-Jul-44 973 PVT D/116732 Baker, H. CA GSW left leg 27-Jul-44 974 PVT "D/71610 D/71618" "Bickerstaff, M. Bickerstaff, Leonard David" CA GSW left hip Black Watch Canada Died 25 Jul 1944 27-Jul-44 975 PVT D/71612 Clarke, A. CA GSW right leg 27-Jul-44 976 PVT D/82026 Ducat, R. CA Shrapnel head, both arms, right leg 27-Jul-44 977 PVT M/38838 Swanlund, A. CA GSW right arm, shrapnel left hip 27-Jul-44 978 PVT D/135610 Myhill, G. CA GSW right leg 27-Jul-44 996 PVT M/7513 Evans, K. CA GSw fracture ankle, shrapnel shoulders 29-Jul-44 997 PVT D/71284 Franstein, A. CA GSW head, right shoulder 29-Jul-44 998 CPL D/83061 Mason, S. CA GSW back, shrapnel face 29-Jul-44 378 PO 12623/D Vanderheyden (Van der Heijden), Reinout Philips Martin NE Shrapnel left shoulder burn left leg Netherlands Navy Actually a radio operator/gunner NCO not officer 23-Jun-44 12-Jul-44 13 F/O 417029 Cowie, Bruce NZ Burned face and hands 11-Jun-44 12-Jul-44
Thanks for the list Dale. Lt Ennals went missing from a patrol at the end of June 1944 and I couldn't find him in the POW lists. Your list solves this little mystery. Regards, Richard.
Glad it was of some use. I have since found the name of the Oberstabsarzt that took over in July. Dr. Ernst Enzinger born 13 April 1896.
This looks like him. and duringWorld War II he served in the Royal Armoured Corps from 1941 to 1945. Commissioned into Reconnaissance Corps in 1942[2] and posted to 3rdReconnaissance Corps.[3] He served in North Africa, Italy and the Rhine Crossing[citation needed]. He failed to return from a night patrol during the Normandy campaign in June 1944[4] and spent several months as a prisoner of war.[5] He was invalided out with the rank of Lieutenant.[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ennals,_Baron_Ennals#Early_life_and_military_career
Hello Dale, Lt Ennals was with 3rd Reconnaissance Regiment. In Normandy on the night of 28-29 June 1944 he went on patrol with 1st Bn Royal Norfolk Regiment from which he failed to return. Whilst looking in the files in The Nation Archive (WO 361/599: North West Europe: Royal Norfolk Regiment; missing personnel) to see if there was any mention of Lt Ennals (there wasn’t) I noted that these two men from 1 NORFOLK, who are on your list, went missing from a patrol on 29-30 June. 14409752 Pte Schneiderman A 14592282 Pte Watkins N From WO 361/554 (Missing Personnel 3 Recce Regt) is another man on your list: 4274143 Tpr Brown RS. Missing 27 June 1944. (Rank is Tpr, not Pte as recorded on the list). Regards, Richard.
sirjahn, If this helps Tpr Peachey is actually Sapper Arthur William Peachey (1875929) 3rd Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers he was captured on D-Day in Troarn after he fell off a jeep heading for Troarn bridge; that is why he had the fractured ribs. I believe he passed away in January 2010. The Corps of Royal Engineers - Dedication for Spr Arthur William Peachey Brithm
No. 264 could well be this chap: In 1944 Stanley Gilchrist lay bleeding to death in a French Square... 70 years later it has been named after him
Sirjahn, I was looking for a record of my father who was wounded in Normandy on D-Day and Idler sent me a link to your list of wounded POWs treated at Front-Stalag 221. My father appears second on the list, Pte Palmer C. with a fracture of the right humerus. I have been searching for this information for ages, so am extremely grateful to you. He was posted missing from 6th June till 14th August, when he was located in a U.K. hospital in Liverpool. If you have any more info it will be gratefully received. Similarly if you would like any more for your records I'll be happy to supply it. Cheers, Eric
Musitano was Glider Pilot Regimen. Merryweather was part of Operation Titanic and was a member of 1 SAS. He was captured and later liberated from the hospital. He was awarded the MM for his actions on the operation. All eight members of the team on Titanic were captured and survived the war. Possibly the Germans thought they were members of the Parachute Regiment which is why they did not share the same fate as other SAS men captured in Normandy. Hope this fills in another gap for you.
Eric, Can you verify your father was part of the Company I Parachute Regiment? The hospital was liberated on 4 August and it looks like your father was treated by the US 35th Evacuation hospital until he was sent on to the UK. I am very curious why the UK troops in the hospital at time of liberation were not entered into the 35th Evac, excepting your father. I have the 35th Evac records and no Allied troops show up on their treatment listing of PWs from Rennes. I know that Maj Oxley attempted to keep treating Allied troops in the hosptial after liberation but most of the able bodied troops found their way to the British sector on their own. Here is the extract from the 35th Evacuation Hospital Daily Record dated 7 August 1944 If you know how he ended up in the hospital I would like to know to add to the story. Dale
Hi Dale, My father was a private in the 8th Battalion Parachute Regiment, part of the 6th Airborne Division. He was dropped by a C-47A from RAF Blakehill Farm, near Swindon in the UK. Because of errors made by the pathfinders and map reading in the aircraft his flight dropped the stick outside their drop zone DZ K, close to the Bois de Bavent. He recalled a few times that he and a colleague were wandering down a lane lost, when he was shot in the arm and taken prisoner. His service record, which I have a copy of merely states that he was missing in action on 6th June, then the next entry on 14th August merely states that he was located in the hospital in Liverpool. So it looks as if it took 7-10 days to get him back to the UK. He went on to make a full recovery and re-joined the Paras in time to be dropped over the Rhine as part of Op Varsity - I hate to think what he must have felt like then! Unfortunately I haven't yet been able to pin down how he arrived back in the UK, and to make things more difficult, the hospital closed some years ago and I've not been able to determine if there are any patient records from 1944-45. Thanks for the extract from the 35th Evac hospital; I assume the "INF" probably stands for "infirm" or "infantry"? I now have rather a lot of info surrounding my father's service time and I'm only very slowly collating and making sense of it all, but if I can provide anything else of interest I will be really happy to do so. Cheers, Eric
Hi Dale, I had a bit of a sleepless night thinking about your mystery as to why my father was the only British soldier listed on the 35th Evac. My only ideas at the moment are firstly, perhaps he was mistakenly listed as American or Canadian, but that seems unlikely since he was suffering from an arm wound and was presumably "with it " enough to communicate. Secondly, did he sweet-talk his way onto the list, just to get out of there (he did have fond memories of some of the nurses!). Thirdly, was he separated from the other British and instead being located on an “American” ward, get swept up in the general movement? I’ve done a bit of digging and come up with the following information that may be of use if you have not previously come across it American Ex-Prisoners of War: Non Solum Armis, Vol. 3 Hardcover – June 1, 1995 by Gardner N Hatch (Author), Turner Publishing (Compiler) - Google Books Page 86 – Joseph A. Dahlia: “. . . . Evacuated to the 35th Field Hospital and later shipped by plane to the American 111th General Hospital in England, . . . .” By this time [since March 44] the 111th General Hospital came under the administrative control of 15th Hosp Centre based in Cirencester. However the 111th was located as described below in a recent 2009 local newspaper cutting: http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/features/4642269.Pioneer_heart_surgery_in_Stowell/ “…….. All were administered from what is now Stratton House Hotel, in Cirencester. Other hospitals included the 188th and 192nd US General Hospitals in Cirencester Park, the 111th on the Gloucester Road north of Stratton and the 186th at Fairford.” Which, Coincidentally, is only about 10 miles from what was RAF Blakehill Farm from where the D‑Day C‑47s carrying paratroopers took off for Normandy, and where they subsequently returned with casualties. This would possibly have been where his identity was confirmed so that he was then shipped to Liverpool. Do you know if any British field hospitals arrived in Rennes at about the same time? All the Best, Eric
Captain Douglas Nelson who was one of the 224 Parachute Field Ambulance officers running the Rennes Hospital stated "They (the Americans) arrived on the 4th and took over the hospital on the 5th August. They transferred all patients to a newly erected hospital about 4 miles away - I believe No 35 Evacuation Hospital"
Eric, Most of the wounded Americans were shipped out from the Rennes airfield over a period of days and all were treated and sent on by 13 August when the hospital packed up and moved on. I haven't found any mention of British hospitals coming to pick up the Allied wounded. Rennes was deep in the American sector so it was unlikely that any British hospital would have been set up there. I will have to look for that Hatch book. My father was flown back to 192nd General Hospital on or about 9 August and was picked up on their rolls then. John, It is interesting that Nelson says they were all transferred to the 35th Evac because all the 35th records I have been able to get do not have them on their rolls. I wonder if there was a separate reporting process for Allied soldiers in US hospitals. Oxley wrote that he attempted to keep the hospital open and keep the wounded PWs there, but others report the hospital was emptied by 11 August. The hospital was then used to treat German PWs from the four local German PW camps.
Dale Indeed Musitano says that he remained behind for a few days with Oxley, acting as a carpenter. He says that they strayed in the hospital until 7th August when the US Provost evacuated them to Carentan where he was handed over to the British Army and "sent to 37 RHU". I think Oxley meant that he kept the POWs at the hospital to prevent them being evacuated by the Germans. He mentions POWs who were otherwise fit remaining in their beds to avoid being transported.
Yes the Germans were hot on evacuating Allied PWs especially paratroopers and pilots starting around 26 July 1944. Several PWs report hiding in the basement and outbuildings to avoid the German doctors who were determining who should be evacuated. The French doctor Eugene Marquis and the nurses helped with this conspiracy to keep everyone they could in the hospital. What is the 37 RHU and where could I find their records? This could fill the blanks regarding the liberated Allied PWs.