McCarthy, T J

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Thomas Joseph (Tom) McCarthy

Family/Last name:
McCarthy
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Thomas Joseph (Tom)
Nationality:
British
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Montmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia), 100th Field Company (Royal Montmouthshire RE)
Place of capture:
Watou, Belgium
Date of capture:
29/5/1940
POW number:
15356
Camp
Stalag XIIA Limburg, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344, Stalag VIIIB Teschen / Stalag VIIID
Data sources
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From: Gabrielle Taylor
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019

I had posted about my dad on the Wartime Memories Project but would be grateful if you could add his details to your data. His details below, feel free to use as much as you want. Sadly, my dad died of ill health in 1963 when his three children were very young, so we were never able to talk to him about his time as a POW. But we did have left to us some pictures and Xmas Cards sent to his family from the camp. Tom kept a notebook to record what happened during the ‘Long March’. Before donating the original notebook to the Regimental Museum in Monmouth I typed up what my dad had recorded during the March, mainly what food they had and how far they walked each day.
Good luck with your work commemorating the POW’s and what they went through during their imprisonment.

Name: Thomas Joseph McCARTHY (Tom)
Nationality: British
Rank:
Army Number:
Regiment:    100th Army Field Company, Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
POW Number: 15356
Camp Type: Stalag
Camp Number: VIIIB
Camp Location: Lambinowice, Poland
Notes:  Captured at Wattou, near Dunkirk on 29/5/1940
             Was on the Long March 20/1/1945
             Crossed USA lines at Karlsbad on 9/5/1945

My dad, Thomas (Tom) McCarthy of the 100TH Army Field Company: Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers was captured at Wattou, near Dunkirk on 29.5.1940. After a time in Stalag XIIA and Stalag 344, he was transferred to Stalag VIIIB at Teschen on the Polish border. Tom remained there as a POW (no 15356) until the ‘Long March’ on 20.1.1945. On 9 May 1945 he and other survivors crossed American lines at Karlsbad.

Picture attached – Tom is second from left middle row.

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