Parnell, A G

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Warrant Officer Anthony G Parnell

Family/Last name:
Parnell
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Anthony G
Date of birth:
8/9/1921
Nationality:
British
Service number:
1153363
Military Unit:
Royal Air Force, 254 Squadron (RAF)
Rank when captured:
Warrant Officer
Place of capture:
France
Date of capture:
28/3/1942
POW number:
24852
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
Other Sources (Essex Regiment Museum)
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Herewith details of an ex-inmate of the POW camp

W/O Anthony George PARNELL DOB, 8th Sept 1921
RAF No: 1153363 254 Sqdn, Coastal Command.
Captured 28th March 1942 at BREST, France after his Blenheim had engine problems.
Sent to Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf with POW No: 24852.
Liberated April 1945.

After repatriation to UK studied Dentistry at Royal College of Dentistry in London. Passed with honours. Emigrated to Canada mid 1960’s. Appointed Chief of Dental department, St Joseph’s Hospital, London, Ontario. Professor of Dentistry. Died 7th July 2013 aged 91 at his home in Lucan, Ontario, Canada.

Information verified by “Sunmedia” Canada.


Doug Killick
Essex Regiment. Museum.

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