Repatriation of Prisoners of War

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At the end of war, prisoners were progressively liberated and repatriated to their 'home' countries. Many men had been imprisoned for many years. All had suffered traumas of varying sorts and in varying degrees. Assimilation back into post-war…

Donation test page

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Henry Albert Silk’s Long March

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Henry Albert Silk was born in 1922 but gave his data of birth as 1920 in order to join 6th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, the British Army. Along with many others, he completed the long march west from Stalag VIIIB commencing on 22nd January…

Carolyn Phillips – a child POW of the Japanese

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Dave Lovell, Chair of Trustees, The Online Memorial and Museum of Prisoners of War. 06/09/2023 Interview with a child prisoner held by the Japanese during WWII. Can I have your full name and date of birth? I am Carolyn Agnes Carson Phillips,…

Personal research services

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Seminars, Conferences and Tours

In the period pre-dating the establishment of a registered charity, Philip Baker organised a number of seminars, conferences and tours The activities that have been organised in the past are Lamsdorf tours and POW Days. The 75th anniversary…

Ivan Douglas McPherson’s #34461 Long March notebook transcript

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Ivan McPherson # 34461 kept brief notes of his long march in a notebook January 22nd: Cosel Hafen left 4.30pm. 23rd: Reached Gros Naukirch now Polska Cerekiew, Poland at 5am, Left at 8pm. 24th: Reached Gros Nimsdorf, now Naczeslawice,…

Jack Emeny’s wartime story (1938 to 1946)

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Jack Emeny's story by his son Kenneth My Dad was born at 45, Manderville Street, Darnall, Sheffield, England on the 26th April 1921, to Louise William Samuel Emeny and his wife Kate Eliza (nee Bagshaw), who were married on the 9th of March…

Thomas Horrocks Houston’s war diary

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Thomas kept a near daily account of his early and last days as a Prisoner of War. Thomas Houston's Diary Part 1 – The War Years 1940 To1941 Thomas Houston's Diary Part 2 1944 To 1945  

List of Fusiliers Mont Royal POWs at Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf

You may also find it helpful to access https://www.fusiliersdieppe.com/effectif which also contains a list of men in the Battalion, not all of which may have been in Stalag VIIIB 344 or indeed taken prisoner.