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Lance Sergeant Walter David George Pettitt

Family/Last name:
Pettitt
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Walter David George
Place of birth:
Seaford, East Sussex, England
Nationality:
British
Service number:
2031839
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Engineers, 210 Field Company
Rank when captured:
Lance Sergeant
Place of capture:
Hazebrouck, France
Date of capture:
29/5/1940
POW number:
11579
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344, Stalag IXA Ziegenhain
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative's report)
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Submitter: DAVID PETTITT (Son)
Submitted date: 12 Aug 2019

Name: Walter David George PETTITT
Nationality: British
Rank: Lance Sergeant
Service Number: 2031839
Regiment: Royal Engineers
POW Number: 11579
Captured: Retreat to Dunkirk
Date of Capture: May/June 1940
Camp Type: Stalag
Camp Number: VIIIB
Working Party: COAL MINING AND GROWING PRODUCE
Camp Location: Lambinowice, Poland
Notes: • Held at STALAG IXA ZIEGENHAIN, AFTER THE LONG MARCH
• Appears on WO392/1, WO417/15, WO417/18 and WO417/91

On 09/09/2023 David added:

Dad left Lamsdorf on 23/01/45 on the Long March. We have a route from his diary detailing mostly about where they bedded down and food rations. He arrived at Stalag 9a Ziegenhain on 13/03/45.
He arrived in France Cherbourg on 09/04/40 his 26th birthday and arrived back in uk on 09/04/45 his 31st birthday.

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