East Street Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. On the 27th March there is an entry about a shooting of a POWfor refusing to push a wheel barrow. Want to know what life was like during the War? The march, in temperatures of -15C to -20C, caused great distress and many prisoners died. Ferry Road Sgt. S-0413-0004-02. In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. Cardiff, 22nd Jul 1942 At one point, after being recaptured, a German guard ordered him to 'dig his own grave' at the point of a gun and then when he had dug the hole told him to fill it in again. The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. A photomontage of images from Stalag VIIIb prisoner of war came including a German list of prisoners who escaped from the Camp and featuring the profile of . I now wonder if it was another soldier who was shotin anargument over a cigarette and thatJoe's shooting was indeed over refusing to pushthe wheelbarrow. Add a Name to this List Jim Snowsell Date: Sep 1941-Sep 1944 From: Morris family : . In January the camp held just over 1500 prisoners who were evacuated initially as part of the long march and then by train to Stalag 3A. Buitenzorg When Dad left IIIA while in the Soviet control one of his mates was Joe Hunt. Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. Cpl. railway building, E494 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz Ost, E535 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz West. Civilian Internee Mail New Zealand to Changi, M. V. Gripsholm Mail, Diplomatic Exchange Vessel, Far East WWII, Repatriation Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East WWII 1942 46, New Zealand Irregular Use of Stamps and Other Items for Postage, The American Great White Fleet Voyage 1908-09, The Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp of WWI, Ruhleben Civilian Internee Camp Postcards, The First New Zealand Pictorial Issue 1898, New Zealands Stamp First Issue, The Full Face Queens, Methods of Officially Sealing Mail in New Zealand, Prisoner of War Correspondence, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45, Postal Use of the New Zealand Boer War Stamp, Civilian Internee Mail, Japanese Occupation of the Far East 1942 45. An elderly cousin of my father was able to tell me about the impact his capture and imprisonment had on his family - his sister and parents - and that helped me understand a lot about family relationships in later years. The New Zealand gave John a full military funeral and he was placed in a military cemetery there, ironically very near Wiuku where his dad was, we have mom here and she will be placed with Dad in Kelowna if winter ever stops. The lazarett was headed by a German officer with the title Oberst Arzt ("Colonel Doctor"), but the staff was made up entirely of prisoners. It is located in Poland near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in what was then known as Upper Silesia. She received a letter from Mr. C. Earl who was a medical orderly at the camp and who, along with another man J. Watson, identified Joe's body when it was brought into the guardroom. I am enclosing his picture and the obituary of him. Jim Henry In the second issue of The Clarion (the camp magazine) in February 1943, the RC Chaplain Father John Berry says that "there are about 600 Working Parties and .. you will be able to guess why so many of you will have not yet had a visit". On 1st June a determined enemy attack on the Dunkirk perimeter was halted by the gallant stand of B Company, 1st East Lancashires, for which Captain Marcus Ervine-Andrews was awarded the Victoria Cross (the only one at Dunkirk), assisted by a counter-attack by the Loyals. Birmingham, Ron Cartwright My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. The Hollies The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. I didnt see the name of Thurmann Esselmeyer, USAAF, on any of the programs. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. Stalag Luft 4 was opened by the Luftwaffe in May 1944 for RAF and American non commissioned officers. Barnsley The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Germany 1944-45. Wallsend near Tyne Northumberland, 11th Apr 1944 He may have arrived too late. Dulag Luft was used for interrogating Allied aircrew who could be held in solitary confinement whilst being questioned for a week or two but some were held for up to 28 days. Len Walker We are now on Facebook. Papers relating to the camps Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen Camp, 1942-1944, including statistics on inmates; deaths/discharges; executions; health statistics; organisational changes. A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. Regina, Saskatchewan E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. I have used the German names for these places and have put as many Polish or Czech names that I can identify in brackets. Kent, Lt. A. J. Haupe (Paddy) Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. The site was chosen because the sandy soil made tunnelling difficult for prisoners of war to dig tunnels. There were more than 700 subsidiary Arbeitskommandos (working parties outside the main camp). Boundary Road Tpr. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. The camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and the 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian prisoners were evacuated. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. Alison was researching a number of deaths in prison camps. There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. on the base drum is for Major Jimmy Howe who later became the Musical Director of the Scots Guards. My Grandfather, two uncles and my dad were all over there during the war at the same time and thanks to God they all came back safe although my father later died of cancer when I was 8 months old. I stood on the railway platform where Dad would have arrived, and saw the entrance to the camp. Instead of showers, there was gas. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. the long marchUsed for: the death marchA series of forced marches between January and April 1945 when Allied prisoners of war held in German military prison camps were forced to march westward away from the advancing Russian forces. Trpr. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. The BEF advanced into Belgium but the Allied front rapidly collapsed before the German blitzkrieg and the British force, with its flanks exposed and its rear increasingly threatened, was obliged to make a succession of withdrawals. My father, P/O GD Campbell, 424 Squadron RCAF, was also at Belaria and Luckenwalde. The South Lancashires held the far left of the British line, west of Nieuport, the Loyals occupied the fortified town of Bergues on the right, while the East Lancashires plugged a gap in the centre of the line along the Bergues Canal. Scotland, 12th Jul 1942 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. On 1st June a determined enemy attack on the Dunkirk perimeter was halted by the gallant stand of B Company, 1st East Lancashires, for which Captain Marcus Ervine-Andrews was awarded the Victoria Cross (the only one at Dunkirk), assisted by a counter-attack by the Loyals. London, 14th Nov 1940 The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, Stalag VIII-D was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp ( Stammlager) located at the outskirts of Teschen, (now esk Tn, Czech Republic ). Middlesex, Below are messages we have kindly received regarding POWs in Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. I found your site of the utmost interest & somewhat emotional as the man in the front row centre of the RAF group at Stalag V111B was my father, flight sergeant Frank Firman. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. Drive Mansions I think he had an argument with them about the fag." Darling St The camp was opened by the Luftwaffe in June 1944 for RAF non-commissioned officers and took new prisoners until December 1944. paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. L W Walsh Fulham Road Not only do I recognize a number of the poems that Dad had in his diary but names as well. I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). Tamworth He ordered Gribben now to push the barrow. *The names on the lists might not all be listed individually yet on the alphabetical list below (it takes a long time to do this). I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Kelowna, BC coal mine, E446 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Zuckmantel, E460 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b building railway bridge, E479 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tarnowitz, E484 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Neisse. Welwyn Garden City I looked at the names (listed in Part 2 of Arthur's Wartime Log) and I do recognize the handwriting of my uncle (Albert Siebel). Shortly after the outbreak of war with Germany the 1st South Lancashires and 1st Loyals crossed to France with, respectively, the 4th and 1st Divisions of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). 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