Kirkby, Harold B

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Private Harold Bernard Kirkby

Family/Last name:
Kirkby
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Harold Bernard
Place of birth:
West Ham, London, England
Date of birth:
15/4/1918
Nationality:
British
Service number:
6018695
Military Unit:
British Army, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Rank when captured:
Private
Place of capture:
Dunkirk, France
POW number:
10571
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Died while POW:
Yes
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative's Report)
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From: Jon Rose

Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 

Subject: Lamsdorf

My uncle, Harold Kirkby, was captured at Dunkirk and was sent to Lamsdorf, he did not survive the long march near the end of the war. He was with the Oxford & Buckinghamshire Regiment. He was killed, according to family stories, when on a forced march at the end of the war. Apparently the line of POWs was the target of a daytime US raid, perhaps mistaken for a German column. 

Anyway, Harold, Private 6018695 in the Oxford and Bucks, was killed on 16 April 1945 aged 27

 

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