Hi All, I’ve got a signed copy of the above book as you can see. I don’t by any miracle suppose you’d know who the ‘friend’ might be if they’re military related? Usual long shot as it could be his postman for all I know!
Royal West Kent Regiment quoted in this link Mrs Watts, of Shepherds Lane, Dartford, wife of Lieutenant-Quartermaster Watts, received the photograph of officers of the Royal West Kent Regiment who were prisoners of war in Germany. The photograph was taken in June, 1940. Watts had been anxious for news from home, and said that letters were now being received. Captain W Earle Edwards, son-in-law of Alderman W A Ward, Deputy Mayor of Dartford. Prisoners of War from the Royal West Kent Regiment
There's a Stanley Owen Cazalay listed here in Ancestry's site, though he was a WW1 veteran Cazaly - UK, World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 - Ancestry.com :
Extra to Travers post UK, British Army Records and Lists, 1882-1962 Name: W. E. Edwards Military Year: 1939 Regiment: The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Rank: Lieutenant He stays as this all the way through to 1945 Name: W. E. Edwards Military Year: 1945 Regiment: THE QUEEN'S OWN ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT Rank: Lieutenant UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 Name: W E Edwards Rank: Captain Army Number: 26558 Regiment: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment POW Number: 561 Camp Type: Oflag Camp Number: IX-A/Z Camp Location: Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hesse TD
