Help researching C W Claridge - Ox & Bucks 1940 (4th Btn?)

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  1. Claridge

    Claridge Junior Bod

    All,


    I was wondering if anyone can confirm what Battalion my relative served in?


    Based on what has been passed to me by my family, it has always been said that he was captured at Dunkirk (Cassel?) and spent the rest of the war as a POW. I have obtained the below information from the POW records that Ancestry have just released -


    Name: C W Claridge (Charles was his first name, we assume that his middle name was William?)

    Rank: Private

    Army Number: 5391159

    Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

    POW Number: 270810

    Camp Type: Stalag

    Camp Number: IV-G

    Camp Location: Oschatz, Saxony

    Record Office: Infantry Record Office, Warwick

    Record Office Number: 21


    Based on what I have read up on thus far, I believe he may of been a member of the 4th Battalion and involved in the action at Cassel - has anyone got access to the 4th Battalion war diaries? if so are there any nominal roles that could confirm?


    Many Thanks,


    Jack.
     
    Last edited: Jun 29, 2017
  2. BFBSM

    BFBSM Very Senior Member

    Jack,

    I have found Charles listed in the Casualty reports on FindMyPast, as being declared missing on 15 January, 1944 in North Africa and serving with the 7th Ox & Bucks.

    Mark
     
  3. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Hi

    Service records would be your best bet to confirm his unit(s) during WW2 and when he was captured. You could also check if he completed a POW Liberation report, I do these for free if you order the war diary covering capture from me but we don't know the date of capture or unit 100% going by what Mark has posted.

    I have the war diary and regimental history covering 1940 but it's unlikely to mention him by name. There is also the regimental missing men file which I have but its too thick for me to read through when the unit is not known 100%.

    What makes you think Cassel and 4th Bn OBLI?

    Regards
    Andy
     
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  4. Mathsmal

    Mathsmal Senior Member

    Andy - did both of the files you mention come from Kew?

    Thanks
    Matt
     
  5. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Hi Matt - Yes.
     

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