The Dental Ceentre And Staff At Stalag VIIIB

Health and Welfare of POWs

'On the Beach and in the Bag: The Fate of Dieppe Casualties Left Behind' by Charles G. Roland, McMaster University, published in Canadian Military History 9, 4 (2000), and available through Military History Commons, describes some of the medical…
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Edward Tomsett ‘s Tafchenbuch (POW) Long March Diary.

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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…
From Hugh Fraser's Collection Theatre Scene at Stalag VIIIB

Camp entertainment

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Many theatrical performances were organised and produced by POWs in the many Camps and Working parties. POWs made the scenery, 'props' and costumes others learned their lines and delivered them to audiences made up of Guards and other camp staff…
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Thomas Horrocks Houston – War diary and transcript

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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…
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Frank Emslie’s long march

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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) …
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Robert John Clucas – Experiences of a Prisoner Of War

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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…
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Raymond Chanel Dew’s wartime account

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Raymond Dew, was a prisoner of war at Stalag VIIIB from 1941-1945.  He served in the New Zealand Army and was captured by the Germans on 01 June 1941. He kept an account of his experiences. Raymond Dew's Wartime Account
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Dental facilities at Stalag VIIIB

This picture possibly comes from the book 'Sailors in Cages' by Roger V Coward
The Dental Ceentre And Staff At Stalag VIIIB

Howard Holmes – war memoirs

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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…
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Charles (Chaz) John Keslake – diary transcription

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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…