Smith, R A

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Private Reginald Alban Smith

Family/Last name:
Smith
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Reginald Alban
Place of birth:
St Albans
Date of birth:
1/5/1920
Nationality:
British
Service number:
5956795
Military Unit:
British Army, No 3 Commando
Rank when captured:
Private
Place of capture:
Dieppe
Date of capture:
19/8/1942
POW number:
26450
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative's report)
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From: Graham Smith
Sent: Thursday, January 26,

Can you please include my father on your list of Prisoners Stalag VIIIB

Reginald Alban Smith 5956795. (Smith 95)

He was captured on 19th August 1942 at Dieppe a member of 3 Commando British Army Commandos and was transferred to Stalag VIIIB (344) Lamsdorf until the Death March of 1945. On the day of his return to England his mother died. He was too weak to attend her funeral and spent 6 weeks in hospital recuperating from his ordeal before he was allowed home.

My father died in 2003 aged 82.

 

 

 

 

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