Woodman, S J

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Sapper Stanley John Woodman

Family/Last name:
Woodman
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Stanley John
Nationality:
British
Service number:
2069751
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Engineers
Rank when captured:
Sapper
Place of capture:
Cyrenaica
Date of capture:
24/10/1942
POW number:
220907
Camp
PG 70 Monte Urano / Monturano, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
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From: Peter Woodman
Date: 8 February 2016

Stanley John Woodman, my father, was a Sapper (from the French word sappe – spadework, or trench) in the Royal Engineers, Army No. 2069751

He was confirmed as POW, No. 220907, on 24/10/1942 as a result of military action against the Italian Army and the Nazi German Afrika Korps at Cyrenaica. Cyrene, as it is now known, in the northern coastal region of Libya.

He was initially held in P.O.W. Camp number PG 70 Monturano (Parma) Italy but moved to Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf following the capitulation of Italy in 1943.

He kept a diary of his time on the long march.

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