Marriott, A

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Sapper Arthur Marriott

Family/Last name:
Marriott
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Arthur
Place of birth:
Park Gate, Rotherham, Yorkshire
Date of birth:
26/8/1919
Nationality:
British
Service number:
4615975
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Engineers
Rank when captured:
Sapper
Place of capture:
Dunkirk
POW number:
10613
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Died while POW:
Yes
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative Report)
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Arthur Marriott was a prisoner in Stalag VIIIB during ww2. He was part of the B.E.F and was captured on the beaches of Dunkirk. During 1945 he was part of the march, he was shot dead by a German guard whilst picking potatoes to eat, presumably he was starving. Initially buried in a small village by locals his body was eventually transferred to Prague war cemetery, we visited his grave earlier this year.

I have all the letters he sent to his mother (my late grandma) during his 5 years of captivity.

Peter

Additional Information:

Unit Text:  170 Tunnelling Coy.

Son of Arthur and Blanche Marriott, of West Vale, Yorkshire.

Casualty Type:  Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference:  7.E.7

Cemetery: PRAGUE WAR CEMETERY

 

 

 

 

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