I am currently searching for information in regards to my grandfather. I have in my possession a photo taken of him with the following written on the back SGT J.N Phillips 26029 PG 52 PM 3100 Italy I have managed to gather the following additional information. He was captured at the battle of Sidi Rezegh on the 22nd November 1941. He was part of 3rd field brigade of the Transvaal Horse Artillery attached to 5th South African Infantry Brigade. He was taken to camp 52 in Italy until 1943 but we believe he was moved to Germany or Poland after that. Any assistance in tracing his movements would be greatly appreciated. Regards Paul
Hi Paul, I have replied to your original post from yesterday. I am not at home right now so cannot reproduce the information I providied. See if you can find the reply or I can resend the info later on today. Steve.
Hello Steve Thank you very much for the information in regards to J.N Phillips (Sporty). Another piece to the puzzle. He must have been moved from camp 52 to 57 between Nov 1942 and August 1943. Do you know how to obtain the records of the Stalag camps as we think that he was moved after the cappulation of Italy in 1943? Regards Paul
Hi Paul, The details for British POW's are on Ancestry.com but that will be of no use to you. At the National Archives where the August 1943 listing is held they also have prisoner debriefs. Again I am not sure if these would include servicemen from the Commonwealth forces? My guess is that they would have been debriefed and then the indivivdual Commonwealth nations would take control of their respective paperwork from that point on? Other forum members are very knowledgable on these matters, hopefully they can add to the post soon. Steve
Hello Paul, I've just come across your post and imagine that by now you have found out what I am going to tell you, but just in case you don't know, your grandfather was held in Camp 357 at a place called Kopernicus. (Evidence from list I have of Union Defence Force Prisoners held in Gerrmany and German Occupied Territories. Best wishes, Vitellino
Hello, Camp PG 52 was in Liguria, as follows (from the Italian site campifascisti.it): http://www.campifascisti.it/scheda_campo.php?id_campo=347 Kind regards, Marco
