Lansdowne, W C

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Private William C Lansdowne

Family/Last name:
Lansdowne
Forename(s) and initial(s):
William C
Place of birth:
Norwich, England
Date of birth:
12/4/1918
Nationality:
British
Service number:
5775710
Military Unit:
British Army, Essex Regiment
Rank when captured:
Private
Place of capture:
Italy
POW number:
131369
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344, Stalag VIIA Moosburg
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative Report)
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Essex Regiment 

POW April 1943 -1945

My Dad did not speak of the war apart from little pieces I got out of him as I was only young when I asked – unfortunately he died in 1986, I was 24 and did not ask anything as he had nightmares.

 He did tell me that his train to maybe Stalag VIIA or VIIIB as I know he was at both these sites passed trains carrying Jews and they passed chocolate through the train sides at crossings or stations.

 He was down the Salt Mines. 

 He said that prisoners were let out to steal chickens by guards and did tell us that a young lad, who was only 25-27 at the time, was shot on his return, that really affected him. He said the Russians were treated terribly. He said he tried to escape on the Death March and was only spared punishment by giving up his cigarettes. 

He was somehow in Berlin. The route of the Death March ended in Hamburg and home on a Dakota.

Angela Britcher

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