Rob, see this thread. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-cemeteries-war-memorial-research/23401-cwgc-cemetery-search-poland.html
HOPKINS, CHARLES FREDERICK This was my grandfather. They men died by a stray American bomb as they sheltered in a concrete bunker. Most died of major head wounds (taken from an account:- Stalag 344 and Stalag 344 and Stalag 344). My grandmother received compensation from the US Airforce.
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 - and you could also start a thread with what you know about your mother's cousin under Scots gds http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/scots-guards/
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.
England Phil, could you do me a favour, it says michael grant headstone but the image is incorrect and is a different person from Durham light infantry any chance you still have the photo of Michael Grants headstone.
That's my great grandfather. My grandfather, his son and your uncle, went to visit his headstone in Poland a few years ago. Here is a photo
Although this is an old post- apologies- only just come across it- I have told the back-story of Guardsman David Blythin's death in 1943 at the hands of the E72 Camp Commandant Unterfeldwebel Englekircher in this website dedicated to the 140th Regiment RA. Captivity- Stalag VIIIB and E72, 1940-45 – 140th (5th London) Army Field Regiment, Royal Artillery It was investigated as a war crime post war, but Englekircher was never found to face justice.