Hello all,I'm new to this site ,and I'm trying to see if anyone knew my late father,Robert William Cobb.(Bill).He was from Sheffield,and served with the Royal Engineers.He was taken as a P.O.W.on Crete.On reading previous post I think he might have been placed at Wolfsburg.Any information would be welcome,Thank you.Also thank you to all ex service men&women for there efforts to allow my family & I to have a peaceful life.Daz.
Darell, Hello and welcome to the forum. Several members are experts on POW camps and no doubt be contacting you when they see your post. In the meantime I have found this website for you with lots of links that may prove helpful to you. There is much more if you Google. Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfsburg, Austria - a photo archive Regards Tom
Hello and welcome to the forum. Have you got his service records? Hello,no I do not have his service records, do you know where I could obtain them please?
Darell If you are next of kin they cost nothing if not then around £30.00 and a wait of 3/4 months. available from Army Personnel Centre Historic Disclosures Mailpoint 400 Kentigern House 65 Brown Street Glasgow G2 8EX
Hello, all, it's taking time,but intresting.My father was in Stalag18A,POW 5464. His name is on the Crown & Anchor mat.He is named on the roll call page, as Roger W Cobb, it should read Robert. Other POW's,were,Henri Sudreau,(Bordeaux),who dad & family visted in 1958,an american,known as,( The chocolate kid,sorry no more information). Hopefuly more information when I receive his war records.Darell
Hello,I have applied for his service records,then out of the blue,my brother was looking for a document,and found them in a old biscuit tin,inside a wardrobe. When my brothers and I were little, dad did not say a lot about the war, but when he did he would tell us about his attemps to escape.He made eight attemps to escape,and was successful at the eighth. I will try to post a copy of his records.
Hello, If your father escaped a lot, he was probably in the work camp at Waldenstein - this was the punishment camp for escapers and troublemakers in Stalag XVIIIA
