Newton, G

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Driver George Newton

Family/Last name:
Newton
Forename(s) and initial(s):
George
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Army Service Corps
Rank when captured:
Driver
Place of capture:
Amiens, France
Date of capture:
20/5/1940
Camp
Stalag XXIB Schubin, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
Other Sources (Website- WWII Escapers from Germany)
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Driver George Newton RASC was captured at Amiens on 20 May 1940. Newton was held at Stalag XXIB (Schubin) until August 1940 when he was moved to a work camp at Leslau. On 6 April 1941, Newton escaped from Leslau with Pvt John Grant and (Driver)Thomas Potts. They made their way to Warsaw, arriving 12 May, where Newton and Grant stayed until 23 March 1943 when they left for Paris with Sgt Charles E McDonald.

While McDonald stayed in Paris, Newton and Grant were taken to Lyons then Toulouse, Perpignan and the Pyrenees but were arrested the night of 1st/2nd April (along with F/O Stevenson) trying to cross the mountains. After several months at Fresnes, they were sent to Stalag VIIIB in October 1943. Newton escaped from a work camp at Reigesfeld in April 1944 and went back to Warsaw. He was captured by Russian forces in January 1945 and finally liberated with other Allied prisoners at Kutno.

Source: WWII Escapers from Germany

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