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Guardsman Peter William Whitton

Family/Last name:
Whitton
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Peter William
Nationality:
British
Service number:
2719788
Military Unit:
British Army, Irish Guards, 2nd Battalion (Irish Guards)
Rank when captured:
Guardsman
Place of capture:
Boulogne
Date of capture:
23/5/1940
POW number:
3516
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative's report)
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Ruth Wilde

Name: Peter William WHITTON
Nationality: British
Rank: Guardsman
Army Number: 2719788
Regiment: 2nd Battalion Irish Guards
POW Number: 3516
Captured: Just outside Boulogne whilst in action with the BEF
Date of Capture: 23rd May 1940
Camp Type: Stalag
Camp Number: VIIIB
Camp Location:

Łambinowice, Poland
Working Parties: June 1940 – Treskau – varied, heavy labouring

February 1941 – Zgierz (Poland): demolition and foundations work

June 1941 – Lamsdorf: timber felling and building new camp for Russian POWs

July 1941 – Dammer, nr. Oels: road building

Aug 1941 – Raucherat (nr Guhrau): working in Wherse and Raudchin road building,

January 1942 – Gr Pogel: brick factory

1943 -Left Lamsdorf for the mines

September 1942 – Rosenthal, Breslau: sugar factory

During 1943 and 45 worked in 3 coal mines: Sosnowitz, Katowitz, Jaworzno
Notes: Also in Stalag XXIB

Appears on WO392/1, WO392/11, WO417/12, WO417/93

The newspaper article about Peter’s marriage to Joan, commenting how he was recalled to his regiment 2 hours after the wedding.

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