Looking for info on my grandad Edmund G Radford, Tobruk

Hi everyone,

Greetings from the Philippines, I'm interested to learn about what happened to my grandad during WW2. His name is Edmund G Radford, he was in the South Wales Boarders. He was captured in Tobruk and was a POW. I would love to find out where he was kept as a POW if that information is around somewhere. My grandad passed away many years ago and he didn't really talk about the war with our family. So I'm so keen to learn as much as possible so I can tell my uncle and aunties more about his war story.

Thanks for those that might have this information.

Warm regards
Kris Mears

 

From FindMyPast:

First name(s) E G
Last name Radford
Year 1942
Capture year 1942
Service number 3908808
Rank Private
Rank as transcribed Pte
Regiment South Wales Borderers
Regiment as transcribed South Wales Borderers
Theatre of war Western Desert, Middle East
Archive reference WO 417/48
PIece description Casualty Lists - Other Ranks 900 - 914
Archive
The National Archives
Record set British Army Casualty Lists 1939-1945
Category Armed Forces & Conflict
Subcategory Second World War
Collections from Great Britain, UK None


First name(s) E G
Last name Radford
Year 1942
Capture year 1942
Service number 3908808
Rank Private
Rank as transcribed Pte
Regiment South Wales Borderers
Regiment as transcribed South Wales Borderers
Theatre of war Western Desert, Middle East
Archive reference WO 417/46
PIece description Casualty Lists - Other Ranks 870 - 887
Archive
The National Archives
Record set British Army Casualty Lists 1939-1945
Category Armed Forces & Conflict
Subcategory Second World War
Collections from Great Britain, UK None



First name(s) E G
Last name Radford
Year 1942
Capture year 1942
Service number 3908808
Rank Private
Rank as transcribed Pte
Regiment South Wales Borderers
Regiment as transcribed South Wales Borderers
Theatre of war Western Desert, Middle East
Archive reference WO 417/46
PIece description Casualty Lists - Other Ranks 870 - 887
Archive
The National Archives
Record set British Army Casualty Lists 1939-1945
Category Armed Forces & Conflict
Subcategory Second World War
Collections from Great Britain, UK None



I have been unable to locate anything, to date, regarding which camp.

 

POW Info

Stalag XVIII-A was a World War II German Army (Wehrmacht) prisoner-of-war camp located to the south of the town of Wolfsberg, in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia, then a part of Nazi Germany.

 

Welcome Kris

apply for his service records there is a bit of a delay at the moment but worth it to help you build the picture of his army service
read through this link it is very easy to apply Get a copy of military service records

You will not find his service records online at pay for sites so dont waste your money.


regards
Clive

 

Hello Kris,

Given your grandfather was in 1st Battalion The South Wales Borderers and captured in the immediate vicinity of Tobruk he would almost certainly have been incarcerated in a POW camp in Italy (prior to being transported to Wolfsberg).

Both of the links below should be helpful regarding capture at Tobruk and then incarceration in Italy.

Also, WW2 Talk member "Vitellino" may be able to help in identifying for certain which camp(s) your grandfather was held in in Italy ("Vitellino" is supremely knowledgable regarding the POW camps in Italy).

BBC - WW2 People's War - 1st Batt South Wales Borderers 1942

Prisoners of War

Good luck with your searching.

Kind regards, always,

Jim.

 

Kris, and all.

A recounted oral history monologue.

No oscars, but a sincere delivery and recollection of what your grandfather's battalion went through at Tobruk.

Kind regards, always,

Jim.

 

Pte. E. G. Radford

Italian Prisoner of War Camp

PG 73 Campo di Fossoli near Modena

May 1942 - 8 September 1943: Prisoner of War camp (PG 73) established by the Royal Italian Army for the British, South African and New Zealand military personnel captured in military operations in North Africa.

Coordinates 44°49′N 10°53′E

 

Hi,

Welcome to the forum.

Your best way to discover details of all the POW Camps your relative passed through is to make an online application to the Swiss Red Cross when the enquiry window opens again for one day in May (really 2 to 3 hours maximum). Use this link -


Requests for information about people held during Spanish Civil War or Second World War: Quarterly limit reached

As Manila is 8 hours ahead of GMT check it promptly at 4pm your time and speedily complete the online application form. If the form is t online recheck the site every 15 minutes until it is visible. The various documents attached by members today provide most of the required information.

It is a free service and in pre Covid times you would expect to get a letter through the post with details of all his POW camps - not working camps unfortunately - not less than 4 months after submitting the request.

Good Luck

Steve

 

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TD

 

Me too!