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LAMSDORF STALAG VIIIB/344
PRISONER OF WAR DAYS
These took place on Saturday 17th October
and Sunday 18th October 2015
and were attended by relatives and friends of former Lamsdorf POWs,
and others interested in this subject.
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Courtesy of the
Royal Air Forces Association
Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, UK.
10.00 Assemble and welcome
10.45 Presentation by Dr. Anna Wickiewicz
12.30 Lunch
14.30 Trevor and Joyce – The experience of imprisonment
seen through the correspondence between a Lamsdorf POW and his wife.
[Click here for more]
15.00 The Long March to Freedom film (excerpt).
17.00 Farewell
Saturday 17th: Dinner at The Grove Bistro, Weston-super-Mare
Special Guest:
Anna Wickiewicz
of the Polish Central Prisoner-of-War Museum
Łambinowice (Lamsdorf), Poland
Anna gave talks about Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf, with films and power-point presentation.
She was present throughout both days to answer questions, to give information and help with research as far.
She was present throughout both days to answer questions, to give information and help with research as far.
Information displayed at the Exhibition
Click on titles to see the documents
Scroll down to see:
The Camp
Capture
Working Parties
Medical
Sport
Education
Art and Craft
The Clarion
Food
Red Cross Parcels
Escape
The Long March
Long March Slideshow
Entertainment
Music Pictures Slideshow
Theatre Pictures Slideshow
List of names commemorated in the Exhibition
Click on titles to see the documents
Scroll down to see:
The Camp
Capture
Working Parties
Medical
Sport
Education
Art and Craft
The Clarion
Food
Red Cross Parcels
Escape
The Long March
Long March Slideshow
Entertainment
Music Pictures Slideshow
Theatre Pictures Slideshow
List of names commemorated in the Exhibition
The Camp
The Camp
Camp Organisation
Camp Activities
Camp Plan
Sidney Sheriff
Sergeant Major X
Unpopular Men
George Charlton
Horse Shears
Rick Hunter
Jewish/Palestinian POWs at Lamsdorf
Lamsdorf and Teschen (344 & VIIIB)
Capture
Capture Map
Missing letters 1
Missing letters 2
Missing letters 3
Wes Clare
Working Parties
List
Conditions at Working Parties
More about Working Parties
Some Working Party Pictures
Blechhammer
E535 Milowitz
E728 Neu Oderburg
Gleiwitz Aerodrome Working Party
Escapes from Working Parties
Working Party POWs killed or injured by allied bombing (example)
Medical
Medical facilities
Medical Care at Lamsdorf
Medical Care at Working Parties
Health Chart
Artificial Limbs
More about artificial limbs
Photo of Limb Making Department
Photo of Operating Theatre
Sport
Boxing
Cricket 1
Cricket 2
Cricket 3
Football 1
Football 2
Football 3
Gymnastics
Runner
Education
The Stalag School
Ted Lees
School Staff
School Staff Signatures
Art and Craft
Gascoyne Francis Miller
Clarion Report
Exhibition Pictures
Entries and Visitors to Exhibition
The Clarion
About The Clarion
Illustrations
Clarion First Front Page
Clarion Last Back Page
Food
Quotations and Pictures
Fish Cheese
German Rations
Preparing a Meal
Red Cross Parcels
Thanks
Contents of Red Cross Parcels
Red Cross Parcels Questions
Red Cross Parcels Controversy
Parcel List
Red Cross Parcels Arrive
Red Cross Parcel Picture
Escape
Escape Opinions
Changes of Identity
Successful Escapers
Horace Greasley
No longer a sport
Escapes Website
The Long March
Information
John Weeks
March Departure Picture
March Avoiders
Long March Slideshow
The Camp
Camp Organisation
Camp Activities
Camp Plan
Sidney Sheriff
Sergeant Major X
Unpopular Men
George Charlton
Horse Shears
Rick Hunter
Jewish/Palestinian POWs at Lamsdorf
Lamsdorf and Teschen (344 & VIIIB)
Capture
Capture Map
Missing letters 1
Missing letters 2
Missing letters 3
Wes Clare
Working Parties
List
Conditions at Working Parties
More about Working Parties
Some Working Party Pictures
Blechhammer
E535 Milowitz
E728 Neu Oderburg
Gleiwitz Aerodrome Working Party
Escapes from Working Parties
Working Party POWs killed or injured by allied bombing (example)
Medical
Medical facilities
Medical Care at Lamsdorf
Medical Care at Working Parties
Health Chart
Artificial Limbs
More about artificial limbs
Photo of Limb Making Department
Photo of Operating Theatre
Sport
Boxing
Cricket 1
Cricket 2
Cricket 3
Football 1
Football 2
Football 3
Gymnastics
Runner
Education
The Stalag School
Ted Lees
School Staff
School Staff Signatures
Art and Craft
Gascoyne Francis Miller
Clarion Report
Exhibition Pictures
Entries and Visitors to Exhibition
The Clarion
About The Clarion
Illustrations
Clarion First Front Page
Clarion Last Back Page
Food
Quotations and Pictures
Fish Cheese
German Rations
Preparing a Meal
Red Cross Parcels
Thanks
Contents of Red Cross Parcels
Red Cross Parcels Questions
Red Cross Parcels Controversy
Parcel List
Red Cross Parcels Arrive
Red Cross Parcel Picture
Escape
Escape Opinions
Changes of Identity
Successful Escapers
Horace Greasley
No longer a sport
Escapes Website
The Long March
Information
John Weeks
March Departure Picture
March Avoiders
Long March Slideshow
Entertainment
Entertainment 1
Entertainment 2
Assorted Entertainment Pictures
Programme 1941
Programme 1943
Denholm Elliott
Music Pictures Slideshow
Theatre Pictures Slideshow
Names
This is a list of names of Lamsdorf POWs whose relatives or friends visited the POW Days in October 2015, and who were specially commemorated at the Exhibition. Click on names to see documents that were displayed.
Frank Allen
Charles Andrews
Richard Bradley
James Brown
Ambrose Melson Broughton
James Capp
Douglas Chantler
George Cooke
James (Jimmy) Corlett
Kenneth Durrant
Ronald Sidney Fermor
Dennis Francis Gilbert
Thomas Percival Hibbard
Howard Holmes
John Ernest James
John Jeffers
William Jordan
William Mavin Knox
Dennis Henry Lawden
Arthur Cecil Lovell
Jack Arthur Marshall
Norman Spencer MacDonald also: photos
Maurice Raymond Maine
Ron Mercer
John Morris
Kenneth Emmison Reed
George Ernest Saunders
Harold John Siddall
James Henry Stephens
Ernest Arthur Spooner
William Ernest (Bill) Taylor
Albert Douglas Turner
Christopher Wilson
Frank (Spike) Hughes produced an amazing 125 page illustrated account of his experiences in the RAF, including his time as a POW. The section dealing with his POW years was on display in the Exhibition.
This is a list of names of Lamsdorf POWs whose relatives or friends visited the POW Days in October 2015, and who were specially commemorated at the Exhibition. Click on names to see documents that were displayed.
Frank Allen
Charles Andrews
Richard Bradley
James Brown
Ambrose Melson Broughton
James Capp
Douglas Chantler
George Cooke
James (Jimmy) Corlett
Kenneth Durrant
Ronald Sidney Fermor
Dennis Francis Gilbert
Thomas Percival Hibbard
Howard Holmes
John Ernest James
John Jeffers
William Jordan
William Mavin Knox
Dennis Henry Lawden
Arthur Cecil Lovell
Jack Arthur Marshall
Norman Spencer MacDonald also: photos
Maurice Raymond Maine
Ron Mercer
John Morris
Kenneth Emmison Reed
George Ernest Saunders
Harold John Siddall
James Henry Stephens
Ernest Arthur Spooner
William Ernest (Bill) Taylor
Albert Douglas Turner
Christopher Wilson
Frank (Spike) Hughes produced an amazing 125 page illustrated account of his experiences in the RAF, including his time as a POW. The section dealing with his POW years was on display in the Exhibition.