Potter, L C

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Private Lawrence Clifford Potter

Family/Last name:
Potter
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Lawrence Clifford
Place of birth:
Birkenhead, England
Date of birth:
10/1/1910
Nationality:
British
Service number:
5829695
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Rank when captured:
Private
Place of capture:
Crete
Date of capture:
1/6/1941
POW number:
6186
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
The National Archives (UK), International Red Cross
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From Roger Smith, 01.03.2024

Lawrence was never a well man for the rest of his life, he died on 14th February 1990 at Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, of Bilateral Bronchopneumonia.

We can’t establish whether or not he was on a Long March – he arrived in the UK on 19th May 1945 and was described in Army records as (1) Released POW and (2) Escaped POW.

On arrival he was diagnosed to be Disabled suffering from Aggravated Schizophrenia Paranoid.

He was my wife’s Uncle.

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