James Peters – Diary of a Death March

James Peters joined the Border Regiment as a Territorial on 3^rd May 1939 and served as a Private with the 4^th Battalion. The 4^th Battalion landed in Normandy, France on 19^th September of that same year.

His time as a POW took him to a camp at Bromberg, then to a state farm in East Prussia, then returned to Stalag XXA.  From Stalag XXA a group of Arbeitskommandos were taken to BAB 20 at Reigersfeld, Heydebreck, to work at the factories at Blechhammer.

He left the camp at Reigersfeld at 4.30pm on Monday 22nd January April.  500 or so miles later on Monday 23rd April he was liberated by American troops. This is a transcript of his diary: James Peters – Diary of a Death March