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Rifleman Arthur Abel Broad

Family/Last name:
Broad
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Arthur Abel
Place of birth:
Leyton, London
Date of birth:
26/10/1914
Nationality:
British
Service number:
6850149
Military Unit:
British Army, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Rank when captured:
Rifleman
Place of capture:
Crete
POW number:
23891
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Working Party
E363 Ratiborhammer
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative's report + WO416 records transcribed by and held at the UK National Archives. Data processed and prepared by Rick Catt and Brian Cooper)
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I am writing to tell you that my uncle, Arthur Abel Broad, was a prisoner of war at this Camp.  I think I have got the right one.  I have found an entry on Ancestry as below:

Name: A A Broad
Rank: Rifleman
Army Number:
Regiment: Kings Royal Rifle Corps
POW Number: 23891
Camp Type: Stalag
Camp Number: 344 E363*
Camp Location: Lambinowice, Poland
Record Office: Rifle Corps Record Office, Winchester
Record Office Number: 24

*Working party E363 was located at Ratiborhammer in Poland, now known as Kuźnia Raciborska. The main industry in this town was the  Schondorff-Hegenscheidt factory making aircraft parts.

He was born on 26 October 1914 and died on 4 January 2003 in Enfield, Middlesex, England.

I have some documents relating to him, including the Soldier’s Release Book.  I also have a photo of him together with two other prisoners, names unknown.  He is the man in the middle with the parting in the middle of his hair – a style he still had when he died.

Christine Foreman

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