247079 Captain George Henry Hubert LASCELLES, KBE, AM, Grenadier Guards, 7th Earl of Harewood: PoW

Personal Number: 247079
Rank: Captain
Name: George Henry Hubert LASCELLES, KBE, AM, 7th Earl of Harewood
Unit: Grenadier Guards


London Gazette : 10 November 1937
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34453/supplement/7051/data.pdf
CEREMONIAL OF THE CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES
HIS MAJESTY'S TRAIN
borne by
Viscount Lascelles

London Gazette : 10 November 1937
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34453/supplement/7079/data.pdf
CEREMONIAL OF THE CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES
THE CARRIAGE PROCESSION OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
3RD CARRIAGE. (Glass Coach.)
Her Majesty The Queen of Norway.
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.
Viscount Lascelles.
Second Division, Captain's Escort.

London Gazette : 3 November 1942
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35767/supplement/4748/data.pdf
The undermentioned Cadets to be 2nd Lts., 3rd Oct. 1942: —
Gren. G'ds.
George Henry Hubert, Viscount LASCELLES (247079).

 

From The Grenadier Guards in the war of 1939-1945, by Nigel Nicolson and Patrick Forbes. v.2.

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Personal Number: 247079
Rank: Lieutenant
Name: Viscount LASCELLES
Unit: Grenadier Guards
Theatre: Italy
POW Number: 247079
Date of Capture: 18/06/1944
Place of Capture: Perugia
Camp: Oflag IV-C
TNA Reference:




George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood - Wikipedia

"Harewood was the elder son of the 6th Earl of Harewood and Princess Mary, Princess Royal, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. At his birth, he was 6th in the line of succession; at his death, he was 46th. Lord Harewood was the eldest nephew of both King Edward VIII and King George VI and was a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He succeeded to his father's earldom on 24 May 1947."

"In March 1945, Hitler signed his death warrant; the SS general in command of prisoner-of-war camps, Gottlob Berger, realizing the war was lost, refused to carry out the sentence and released the Viscount to the Swiss.[3]"


Left to Right: John Alexander Elphinstone, Max de Hamel, Michael Alexander, unknown, George Lascelles, and John Winant Jr.

Oflag IV-C - Wikipedia"Prominente"_and_notable_inmates
At 1:30 a.m. on 13 April 1945, while the final battles of the war approached the area, the Prominente were moved under guard and the cover of darkness. The Allies and prisoners became especially concerned that the Prominente might be used as hostages, bargaining chips and human shields, or that the SS might try to kill them out of spite; they prepared for resistance and, if possible, to take over the castle. The Germans moved all the Prominente out of the castle, over the protestations of the other prisoners. When U.S. troops reached the area, the prisoners persuaded the leader of their guards, Obergruppenführer Gottlob Berger, to surrender in secret in order to save him from the revenge of the SS. With his aid they reached American lines a couple of weeks later. He would later receive a lessened sentence after his hearing in 1949 because of his actions regarding the Prominente.

 

See also:

• Person Page
• George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood - Wikipedia
• The Earl of Harewood obituary

His brother:

• 304388 (14404258) Hon. Gerald David LASCELLES, Rifle Brigade

 

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Name: George [Henry Hubert] Lascelles . Date of Birth: 17/02/1907 [7/2/1923] . Place... | The National Archives
WO 416/217/35
Name: George [Henry Hubert] Lascelles.
Date of Birth: 17/02/1907 [7/2/1923].
Place of Birth: [London].
Service: [British Army].
Rank: Lieutenant.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Grenadier Guards.
Service Number: [unspecified].
Date of Capture: [18/6/1944].
Theatre of Capture: [Monte Corno].
Camp Name/Number: [Oflag IVC Coditz Castle].
PoW number: [unspecified].
Date of Death: [11/7/2011].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.
Date: [1939-1945]

WO 416/373/456
Name: George Viscount Lascelles . Date of Birth: 07/02/1913 . Place of Birth: London... | The National Archives
Name: George Viscount Lascelles.
Date of Birth: 07/02/1913.
Place of Birth: London.
Service: [British Army].
Rank: Lieutenant.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Grenadier Guards].
Service Number: 247079.
Date of Capture: 17/07/1944.
Theatre of Capture: Italy.
Camp Name/Number: Oflag IXA Spangenberg.
PoW number: 133760.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 3.
Date: [1939-1945]