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Edward Tomsett ‘s Tafchenbuch (POW) Long March Diary.

Faith, Firsthand Long March Accounts, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare

Edward Tomsett was a Gunner in the Royal Artillery. POW Number 221772. Diary 1945. January to May. Home address 6 Scotholme Avenue, Hyson Green, Nottingham. UK. Edward Tomsett (back Row 5th From The Right)Judging by the closely…

Hugh Fraser – march after capture and march to freedom

Capture, Firsthand Long March Accounts, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches

In Hugh Fraser's account he describes his march immediately after capture and his Lamsdorf Long March experience. Private Hugh Fraser March After Capture And March Out Of Captivity

Thomas Horrocks Houston – War diary and transcript

Capture, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Treatment and Welfare, War Diary

Mr Thomas Horrocks Houston, my father, born December 1915 joined the British Army, Number 6896496, on the 29th September 1938. He was captured and taken a German POW in Calais on the 26th May 1940, marched to Lamsdorf Camp arriving on the 21st…

John Burton Shanks – wartime experiences

Communication, Education, Firsthand Long March Accounts, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Recreation, War Diary, Work

In the introduction to his journal Jenny Kingston wrote: Much to his parents dismay, my father, John Burton Shanks, lied about his age and signed up to help the war effort when he was 17 years old. At school he had been a member of the OTC…

Frank Emslie’s long march

Firsthand Long March Accounts, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare

Frank Emslie recorded the places he passed through on the Lamsdorf Long March in his pay book , January – April 1945. Noting the distance covered - a total of 819Km His daughter has transcribed the list below. Lamsdorf (Lambinowicz) …

Robert John Clucas – Experiences of a Prisoner Of War

Capture, Firsthand Long March Accounts, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare, Work

Robert John Clucas - Experiences of a Prisoner Of War BY PRIVATE R.J.CLUCAS. POW No 33597 INTERVIEW BY ENID ENGLAND As edited by M.L.Clucas The Prologue June 22nd, 1942: In Egypt, 4 and 5 New Zealand Brigade is allocated defense…

Howard Holmes – war memoirs

Capture, Firsthand Long March Accounts, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare, Work

Howard Holmes War Memoirs I was a private in 15th platoon Hawke’s Bay Company which I’d joined in December 1940 when I was 23. After seeing action in Greece and with little in the way of weaponry we were taken off on the “Ajax” and…

Charles (Chaz) John Keslake – diary transcription

Capture, Firsthand Long March Accounts, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare

Diary of Charles (Chaz) John Keslake In this book, I intend to give an account of my life from the time I enlisted in the British Army, during the Second World War, 1939 - 1945, until my discharge. The contents are entirely for my own…

Repatriation through Odessa

Liberation and Repatriation

There were 2,661 British POWs in Odessa (and thousands more from other allied countries) who had been liberated by the Soviet forces. Under the terms of the Yalta Agreement, a transit camp was established in Odessa to process and allied POWs…

Repatriation of sick prisoners

Liberation and Repatriation, Treatment and Welfare

The International Committee for the Red Cross arranged for sick prisoners to be repatriated on a number of occasions. A lot of information is available here: http://www.anzacpow.com/Part-5-Other-European-Free-Men/chapter_10_-_red_cross_repatriations Article…

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