Maine, M R

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Maurice R Maine

Lance Corporal Maurice Raymond Maine

Family/Last name:
Maine
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Maurice Raymond
Place of birth:
Street, Somerset
Date of birth:
18/7/1918
Nationality:
British
Service number:
5674394
Service:
British Army
Military Unit:
British Army, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Rank when captured:
Lance Corporal
Place of capture:
Hazebrouck
Date of capture:
30/5/1940
POW number:
11313.
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
Contemporary Account/DiaryOther Sources (Relative's Report Pam Maine daughter)
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Ray Maine was captured in Hazebrouck, France in May 1940. Hazebrouck, France on 30/5/1940. During his captivity he worked in a coal mine, possibly at Agneshütte in Katowice.

My father spent 4 yrs and 11 months in Stalag VIIIB, he  rarely talked about the war, but I do know he was sent to work in the coal mines during his capture.

He also survived the Lamsdorf Death March, and I have a very old piece of paper detailing parts of his journey. Place names mentioned are Agneshutte, Weiden, Landshut, Moosburg Stalag VIIIA, Altdorf, Regensburg and Rheims. He covered 874 km on foot and 174 km by rail.

He was liberated by the Americans on 29th April 1945.

Pam Maine

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