Button, J

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Corporal Joseph Button

Family/Last name:
Button
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Joseph
Nationality:
British
Service number:
4449933
Military Unit:
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, 11th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
Rank when captured:
Corporal
Date of capture:
17/8/1940
POW number:
96355
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's report)
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From: Dean Leith
Date: 6 February 2017 at 21:35
Subject: Joseph Button POW No 96355 Stalag 344

My Grandfather, Joseph Button, was a POW at Stalag VIIIB. His details are below. He died in 1963. The nurses at the time said to his stepdaughter that he was an incredibly brave man who escaped numerous times. He apparently used to shuffle on his feet in the 50s and this could have been from injuries sustained. I’m in the process of retrieving his army records.

Name: Button, Joseph.  Army number 4449933.  Rank Cpl. Unit Durham Light Infantry. Posted 11th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 17/8/1940, Discharged under King’s Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 6/11/1945.

Joseph Button POW 96355

Joseph Button POW 96355

 

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