Finlow, D H

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Private Douglas Hewitt Finlow

Family/Last name:
Finlow
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Douglas Hewitt
Date of birth:
1919
Nationality:
British
Military Unit:
British Army, 10th Royal Hussars
Rank when captured:
Private
Place of capture:
Libya
Date of capture:
5/1942
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
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Details of my father-in-law who was in Stalag VIIIB and was also on the long march:

 Name: Douglas (Doug) Hewitt Finlow 

Regiment: 10th Royal Hussars

Role: Wireless operator

Rank: Private (I think)

Doug was a wireless operator (tank) and was captured in North Africa (Libya) in May 1942 (aged 23). He was initially interred in an Italian POW camp and later transferred to Stalag VIIIB in August 1943. He was on the “Long March” and has written a short account of his experiences on that journey. He escaped with a comrade and spent some time with the American forces before finally returning to England on 10th May 1945.

Bruce Williams

 

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