Robins, G E

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Private George Earnest Robins

Family/Last name:
Robins
Forename(s) and initial(s):
George Earnest
Nationality:
British
Service number:
6144658
Military Unit:
British Army, East Surrey Regiment
Rank when captured:
Private
Place of capture:
France
POW number:
6028
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative Report)
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George Ernest Robins, of East Surries.

 

Taken prison at Dunkirk 8 June 1940.

 

Escaped from the death March with  five or so others, hiding in a church crypt until the  Russian tanks arrived; these taking them for be German deserters were ready to execute them.  Luckily a Russian officer intervened, and gave them a sort of pass to show any other Russian troops, but told them they would have  to make their own way to Odessa, which they did finally.  After medical treatment they were put on a convoy ship “the war still being in progress” and arrived in England at the end of  March 1945. 

His prisoner number was 6028. 

He did volunteer for a working party, which was in the coal mine. Most of the other prisoner in his hut being Durham Light Infantry,  I suppose the Germans thought they must all be from coal mines.  George’s health was never good  from then on but he lived until 1983 died at the age of 64years.

 

Please add his name to your list of Stalag VIIIB prisoners.   

 

His widow Mrs Joan Robins

 

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