Simpson, S

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Rifleman Sidney Simpson

Family/Last name:
Simpson
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Sidney
Place of birth:
Iver, Buckinghamshire, England
Date of birth:
7/5/1919
Nationality:
British
Service number:
6847049
Military Unit:
British Army, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Rank when captured:
Rifleman
Place of capture:
Calais
POW number:
13592
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
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My uncle, Sidney Simpson, was a prisoner of war in Lamsdorf from 1940 to 1945. As he arrived home in May, I assume he took part in the Long March and was liberated by the Americans.

He married in 1947 and had a family, but I remember he had long periods of illness and spent time in a mental hospital. I remember my mother saying he was diagnosed with what was then called “pre-senile dementia” as a result of his war experiences. He died in 1978 at the age of 59.

I cannot find any other information, I’m afraid, as all other members of the family, of his generation, have since died .

Ruth Meager

[Address image shows he was in working party E202]

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