TRANSCRIPT 96 COY RASC (TROOP CARRYING) MAIN H.Q. DIARY ONLY The War Diary Reference for 1944 is WO 171/2380 and 1945 WO 171/6190 This transcript...
Howard, Crew of Lancaster LL782: pilot O-886224 1st Lt James Edward Braithwaite (USAAF) navigator 1365234 F/Sgt Robert Davidson w/op 1444776 Sgt...
David, thanks. Diane's Cape Town Telephone Directory has proved useful before, for example, in this thread. John Stalag 4b: POW South African...
Looks like he followed exactly the same route as my Grandfather, the dates and places match. If I manage to find anything I will let you know. I...
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Margot Calvert's first husband was 903068 Sgt Harold Phillip Calvert, MiD, RAF, an observer with No. 10 Squadron. Calvert had been a constable...
Thank you Dave. I also have a short letter from Jim Umscheid recounting the events in Stalag IIIA, I am happy to share but thought that should...
F/O. Robert Leslie Rutherford, No. 50 Squadron Les Rutherford served as a despatch rider in the army, he was evacuated from Dunkirk using a shed...
Thanks for that. It must have been difficult adjusting after so much time as a prisoner. The POWs I met at the Stalag IVB association reunion all...
Two members of the Tyneside Scottish who were held prisoner in Stalag 383 were: John Moffitt [ATTACH] Moffitt John Sgt 4455317 - 70 Brigade and...
We’ll never know the full extent of the hardships that they endured. BBC - WW2 People's War - The tale of the Yorkshire Welsh Guardsman This is...
My Dad ended up in Stalag IVG which was a series of work camps. I’ve never been able to find the actual date he was liberated. Sadly my Dad died...
My father was marched out of Austria when his Stalag 17B work camp was evacuated to avoid the advancing Russian army in early April 1945. His...
Hi, My late father in law was in the 1st Battalion Tyneside Scottish and captured at Ficheux, May 1940. He ended up in Stalag XXA in Torun...
Name Newton, George Rank: Driver Service No: T/162607 Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps Theatre of Combat or Operation: Royal Marines Award:...
Norman Drummond and Eddie Freestone spent 9 months preparing for their escape from Stalag 383 in May 44. The time enabled them to grow their hair...
Hi, Im doing some research into a football match played between huts in Stalag IV-B in Germany during WW2 - on June 10th 1944. I have a programme...
You are very welcome, Paul. Dave
His service number was 5383196, a number issued by the OBLI. One of his pow listings from ancestry.co.uk. None show any more info than this, and...
My Dad, Pte Maurice Uff (later Sgt) originated from Quainton near Aylesbury and was in the Ox and Bucks LI. I don't know much about his early war...
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