I am wondering is anyone can help on the liberation of Stalag 344 and give a little more detail on what this (attached) news paper clipping is in relation to? The person in question is Jack Kinsey. I am guessing with this mentioning Odessa that it was though he was liberated by the Russians, but could this mean he was part of The March? If so is there anyway of me finding this out?
Is this him as there are 2 Kinsey's in Guards Regiments held POW 1x Coldstream, 1x Irish Name: J Kinsey Rank: Guardsman Army Number: 2660818 Regiment: Coldstream Guards POW Number: 221941 Camp Type: Stalag Camp Number: 344 Camp Location: Lambinowice, Poland From the article it reads that he was not sent to Odessa, so presume he was part of 'The Long March'. I would suggest using the site search facility as there are many threads on the subject with documents and name lists that may contain his name The other possible route is to request his POW info from the Red Cross (depending on when he was captured and if the Red Cross visited while he was there) the link to that thread is International Committee of the Red Cross WW2 POW Archives TD
Hello Steven, He doesn't appear in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission lists of Kinseys so presumably he survived. You could try asking a researcher to see if the National Archives at Kew hold a Liberation Report for him - quicker than waiting for his details from the IRC. Document WO 392/21 (National Archives) shows In Italy he was held in PG 82 Laterina. He was sent from there to Lamsdorf in July 1943. I will find the document, which is on website campifascisti.it and download it. Vitellino
Good. To save time, if you don't have the file number in which his report will be held send me a private message. Here's the list of prisoners sent to Lamsdorf from Laterina, July 1943.