POW Service and Paybooks

6346811 Ernest Charles WISE, a stretcher bearer with 4th Queens Own Royal West Kents, a BEF POW, casualty lists have his date as 15/6/40 but I've seen that quite a lot and think it may be a tidy up date, the end of the campaign or something rather than the actual date he was captured

 

Ties in with Diane's thread here 2719063 Thomas WRIGHT, MM, 2 Irish Guards | WW2Talk he earned an MM (citation on other thread) - he was also taken POW 2/4/45 I believe the Battalion were at Enschede War Diary: 2nd Battalion Irish Guards, Jan - Dec 1945 | WW2Talk


2719063 Lance-Corporal Thomas Donald WRIGHT, MM, 2 Irish Guards: POW

 

7662523 William George HEAD, 7th Medium Regiment RA who was taken prisoner at Gazala 1/6/42

 

5340421 Ernest PLANT, 6th Seaforths - taken prisoner 31/5/44 in the breakout from Anzio, his AB64 Part 1 & 2 as carried when he was captured as well as a replacement Part 1 issued when he was liberated

 

From WO392/21, William was held at Camp 65, Gravina near Altamura.

 

7640021 James BOXALL, RAOC taken prisoner 20/6/42 at Tobruk

 

Re #228.
Not, LACONIA, Gunner S. Park was a member of the GLENORCHY (Operation Pedestal) gun crew. ss GLENORCHY was probably torpedoed by Italian torpedo boat MS 31.

Regards
Hugh

 

great stuff, Lancona was throwing an idea out there, one that from a collecting point of view would be good, but a Pedestal link is also a really good one. Thanks for tying him down to vessel I thought he may remain a mystery

 

203714 Stanley Herbert CARTER of 2nd Ox & Bucks Light Infantry who was taken POW at Cambrai 24/3/18

 

14636602 James Reginald PENNEY (book has Penny but the signature looks to have an e as do casualty lists and enlistment book) of 2nd Sherwood Foresters who was taken POW 29/2/44 when shortly after relieving another unit at night in heavy rain they were heavily attacked at Pontoni in the Anzio beachhead, in terrible conditions and unfamiliar positions they suffered heavy casualties

 

4922984 Thomas Ernest PRICE of 6th Green Howards, he was wounded late June 1944 in Normandy then 7/9/44 he was taken POW during the fighting for the Albert Canal near Geel

 

Can anyone when he left the POW camp and when he left japan and arrived in England again. It is my Grandad

 

Hi,

Sadly Alistair won’t be able to reply as he passed away suddenly last year.

How may wish to contact Richard Fisher on this topic regarding the Paybook (AB64) -
The Alistair Taylor Collection

Steve

 

Sorry to hear o

Sorry to hear of your friend passing, thank you for your suggestions