Glover, G

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George Glover

Family/Last name:
Glover
Forename(s) and initial(s):
George
Place of birth:
Cadishead, Lancashire
Date of birth:
8/1918
Nationality:
British
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Artillery
Place of capture:
North Africa
Date of capture:
6/1942
POW number:
28324
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's report)
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From: RODNEY GLOVER
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013
Subject: GEORGE GLOVER

My father, George Glover, was born August 1918 at Cadishead, Lancashire (approx. 10 miles west of Manchester). He joined or was conscripted in 1939 into the Royal Artillery. Went to France in 1940 with the BEF, survived Dunkirk and was captured in North Africa in June 1942. Sent to camps in Italy, he ended up in Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf. I have his Stalag dog tag showing the number 28324. He did some work in a local brewery near the camp. His best pal at Lamsdorf was one Ray Baldwin. (Nothing further known.)

Photo. of George Glover. (The man in the middle.)
I think Ray Baldwin is directly next to my father’s right i.e., no.2 from left to right.

George Glover, Middle

George Glover, Middle

On the back of the photo is written Stalag VIIIB and my mother’s home address in England. Notice there are no bungs in the barrels and no labels on the bottles. Maybe the smiles are due to the fumes??? I remember many years ago my father talking about “winning” sugar from the brewery. How long he was there, in what capacity, I do not know. I imagine he was a general labourer used in the lifting and carrying jobs.
In civvy life he was employed on the railways.

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