Hardwell, E F G

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Private Edgar Frederick George Hardwell

Family/Last name:
Hardwell
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Edgar Frederick George
Place of birth:
Stonehouse, Plymouth
Date of birth:
29/10/1918
Nationality:
British
Service number:
5439194
Military Unit:
British Army, The Duke Of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Rank when captured:
Private
Place of capture:
Nieuport, France
POW number:
14793
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
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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My father, Edgar F.G. Hardwell was a prisoner of war at Stalag VIIIb.

 He was taken prisoner at Dunkirk, where he was in decoy B, defending the back line, a member of the Duke of Cornwall rifles.

 He was then marched to Stalag VIIIb, where he stayed until the death march. During this march he and a few others decided ” to go for a walk”, and after a few experiences ended up in Prague, where he was taken in by the Czech resistance; eventually flying home in an American Dakota after the war had finished.

 One of his possessions was a little red book which had, probably in excess of 200 names and addresses of fellow prisoners. I donated this book to the Duke of Cornwall rifles museum in Truro, and I feel confident that his book would contain additional names for our records.

Phillip Hardwell

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