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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…

Theatrical Shows – Xmas 1944 at E565

In Camp, Recreation

Amongst John Victor Paul Malam's collection of documents were these relating to a performance at E565

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…

Raymond Dew – wartime experiences

Capture, In Camp

Raymond Dew volunteered for army service in 1940 and kept this account. Raymond Dew Wartime Experiences

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…

Blechhammer Synthetic Oil Refinery maps

Camp Administration and Background, Work

The Refinery was in two parts, Blechhammer North, and Blechhammer South, approximately three Kilometres apart. Below, shows the layout of Blechhammer North Below, shows the layout of Blechhammer South During…

Church and Religion

Faith

For some prisoners it was their faith or religious conviction that kept them alive. There were many faith leaders in the camps and churches supporting different denominations. The churches took many forms here we see the church at Stalag 344. and…

The Jimmy Howe Band

Recreation

Jimmy Howe was a professional band leader and, as well as being the band leader and director of music for two Scottish regiments, he worked for the BBC as a conductor and organiser of band concerts throughout the UK. He set up a band in…

Letters between Arthur Weston and Elfriede Hannak

Camp Administration and Background, Commemoration, Communication, In Camp, Post-war experiences

Arthur A Weston OBE organised trips to Lamsdorf and was eventually motivated to write to Elfriede Hannak who had been an office worker at Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf (it is not clear how he had obtained an address for her). In this letter written…

Wilfred J. Jones – letters to George Parker’s mother

In Camp

George Parker writes: "A selection of some of the many letters Bill, sent to my mum, they give a bit of an insight as to how things were."

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