Andrews, C

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Private Charles Andrews

Family/Last name:
Andrews
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Charles
Military Unit:
British Army, Gordon Highlanders, 127th Infantry Brigade (Brit), The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), 1st Battalion (Gord. H'landers)
Rank when captured:
Private
Place of capture:
Ypres
Date of capture:
28/5/1940
Camp
Stalag XIIA Limburg, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
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Private Charles Andrews was a member of the 1st Battalion the Highland Light Infantry, 127th Infantry Brigade. He was wounded and taken prisoner at Ypres on the 28th May 1940. First sent to Stalag XIIA, he was transferred to Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf, from where he was repatriated to Britain in October 1943.

In October 1943, under an agreement between Germany, Britain, and the United States, there was a repatriation of around 13,500 sick and disabled prisoners for 21,000 Germans and Italians.

Picture of repatriated POWs arriving in Liverpool taken from https://www.britishpathe.com/video/home-sweet-home-repatriated-prisoners-arrive/query/01521600 

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