2695279 Guardsman Patrick Francis DEVLIN, Left Flank, 1 Scots Guards: PoW

Hi,

I'm a relatively new member and have just dropped on this thread whilst surfing the site......

My mothers cousin Guardsman 2695279 Patrick Francis Devlin (1917-1974), Scots Guards (1935/46), was a POW at Lamsdorf 1940/1945 having been wounded in action and captured at Mo I Rana, Norway 17/18th May 1940 as part of 1st Scots Guards rearguard action. POW number 34910 I think.

I have about 8 or 9 photographs of his showing a large POW military funeral which I assume was at Lamsdorf. The coffins are covered in various national flags - British/French/Dutch. There is a German army band and loads of German senior officers on view. Season wise it looks like autumn/winter.

Having read this article I was wondering if it relates to the same incident? Were other nationalities killed?

Is anyone aware of any other large deaths of personnel at Lamsdorf?

I don't have access to the photo's today but I will try and upload them to this thread next Monday.

Diane - Or should I create a new thread re the photo's?

Steve Y.

 

Steve, ref the photos, you can certainly upload them here on this thread - maybe ascertain relevance and the mods would take it from there if deserving of a separate thread

 

Hi,

I wil try and upload the photo's I mentioned on Friday. They originated with Guardsman 2695279 Patrick Francis Devlin, Left Flank Company, 1st Scots Guards who was wounded in action and captured at Mo I Rana, Norway 17th May 1940 and was POW at Lamsdorf.

Hope someone out there can interpret them and perhaps confirm when/where they were taken.

Appears to be a formal event as there are German stills/film cameramen in some of the shots.

Hope I have done the IT OK?

Steve Y.

 

Name: Patrick Devlin . Date of Birth: 1/9/1917 . Place of Birth: Workington . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/95/121
Name: Patrick Devlin.
Date of Birth: 1/9/1917.
Place of Birth: Workington.
Service: British Army.
Rank: [Guardsman].
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Scots Guards].
Service Number: [2695279].
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag 344 Lamsdorf.
PoW number: 34910.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.
Date: [1939-1945]

Name: Patrick Devlin . Date of Birth: 1/9/1917 . Place of Birth: Workington . ... | The National Archives
Reference : WO 416/95/176
Name: Patrick Devlin.
Date of Birth: 1/9/1917.
Place of Birth: Workington.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Scots Guards.
Service Number: [2695279].
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XB Sandbostel.
PoW number: 34910.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.

Name: Patrick Devlin . Date of Birth: 1/9/1917 . Place of Birth: Workington . ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/95/303
Name: Patrick Devlin.
Date of Birth: 1/9/1917.
Place of Birth: Workington.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Scots Guards.
Service Number: [34910].
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
PoW number: 26952789?
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 6.
Date: [1939-1945]