Looking for information on the royal west kents my father in law was captured at dunkirk, my husband has postcards from the pow camps he was in,but my father in law, did not talk about it.
Looking for information on the royal west kents my father in law was captured at dunkirk, my husband has postcards from the pow camps he was in,but my father in law, did not talk about it. Do you know what battalion he served with in 1940? There were a few in France. Ps New Thread someone?
I know he was with british expeditionary force,and he was a regular his no. was 37016 cpl. arthur john belfall, pow camp stalag 383 germany stalag 21 offlag 1118, thats about all the information i have.
I would apply for a copy of his service records. If you can tell me the Bn I can tell you what they were doing on a day to day basis.
Hello All, Also looking for a recently passed uncle, Charles William Page (RWK's - Born1920) who was captured at Dunkirk and either served in 6th or 7th Bn. According to another relative of mine they marched the POWs back to camps in Germany/Poland. Any info would be greatly received.
C W Page - There appear to be on the Ancestry database 2 x C W Page, both in the RWK's but with different service numbers UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 about C W Page Name: C W Page Rank: Private Army Number: 6344567 Regiment: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment POW Number: 15110 Camp Type: Stalag Camp Number: VIII-A Camp Location: Görlitz, Saxony Record Office: Infantry and Army Physical Training Corps Record Office, Stanwell Road School, Ashford, Middlesex Record Office Number: 23 UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 about C W Page Name: C W Page Rank: Private Army Number: 6346365 Regiment: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment POW Number: 15553 Camp Type: Stalag Camp Number: XX-B Camp Location: Malbork, Poland Record Office: Infantry and Army Physical Training Corps Record Office, Stanwell Road School, Ashford, Middlesex Record Office Number: 23
Arthur John Belfall Searching the Ancestry database for UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 based on the information you gave, results in zero, I'm afraid: Camp 383 - 67 RWK POW's Camp 21 - 33 RWK POW's As Drew has said it best to obtain his service records as that will verify service number(s), etc etc I have tried various combinations of name, number, just the regiment and the results still show zero at the moment. TD
Let me pull his Liberation Questionnaire next week to see what that tells us, if it is there. Regards, Nick KenFentonsWar.com
My Father was a POW (No. 5429), RWK Frank William Bray there were two 383 camps, (Hohenfels,Bavaria and 383 Regensburg) and I believe he was at 383Z, as he mentioned Regensburg. Have you lists for that?
UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 Name: F W Bray Rank: Serjeant Army Number: 6340862 Regiment: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment POW Number: 5429 Camp Type: Stalag Camp Number: 383 Camp Location: Hohenfels, Rhineland-Palatinate Record Office: Infantry and Army Physical Training Corps Record Office, Stanwell Road School, Ashford, Middlesex Record Office Number: 23 TD