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Frank Emslie’s long march

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Frank Emslie recorded the places he passed through on the Lamsdorf Long March in his pay book , January – April 1945. Noting the distance covered - a total of 819Km His daughter has transcribed the list below. Lamsdorf (Lambinowicz) …
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Robert John Clucas – Experiences of a Prisoner Of War

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Robert John Clucas - Experiences of a Prisoner Of War BY PRIVATE R.J.CLUCAS. POW No 33597 INTERVIEW BY ENID ENGLAND As edited by M.L.Clucas The Prologue June 22nd, 1942: In Egypt, 4 and 5 New Zealand Brigade is allocated defense…
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Raymond Chanel Dew’s wartime account

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Raymond Dew, was a prisoner of war at Stalag VIIIB from 1941-1945.  He served in the New Zealand Army and was captured by the Germans on 01 June 1941. He kept an account of his experiences. Raymond Dew's Wartime Account
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Dental facilities at Stalag VIIIB

This picture possibly comes from the book 'Sailors in Cages' by Roger V Coward
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Howard Holmes – war memoirs

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Howard Holmes War Memoirs I was a private in 15th platoon Hawke’s Bay Company which I’d joined in December 1940 when I was 23. After seeing action in Greece and with little in the way of weaponry we were taken off on the “Ajax” and…
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Charles (Chaz) John Keslake – diary transcription

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Diary of Charles (Chaz) John Keslake In this book, I intend to give an account of my life from the time I enlisted in the British Army, during the Second World War, 1939 - 1945, until my discharge. The contents are entirely for my own…
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Arthur Burkett – The Long March story (unfinished)

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Arthur Burkett - The Long March Epilogue by Linda Burkett. This is from the larger note book, as Arthur was writing his story from the smaller diaries, but sadly he never finished. Arthur died in 1971, aged 53years old. This is his…
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Arthur Burkett – Long March Diary (transcribed by Linda Burkett)

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Arthur Burkett – Long March Diary. 5th March – 28 April 1945 Copyright Linda Burkett Author’s notes. I never met Arthur as I met his son just after his death in 1971. It’s ironic the many references of trying to get cigarettes,…
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Arthur Lovell – Long March Diary and transcript

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Arthur Lovell was captured on 20th May 1940 on the outskirts of Amiens in north east France. As far as we know he only kept a diary for the year 1945 and we wonder 'where did he get it from?' The first entry is for 21st January 1945 and starts…
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Prisoners bound as a result of the Dieppe Raid

The Dieppe raid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando_Order led to uncomfortable consequences for the POWs in Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf. On 19th August 1942, during the raid on Dieppe, Canadian Brigadier William Wallace Southam took a copy…