206924 Cpl. David Henry Tucker British Army 1st Btn. Irish Guards My granddad, David Henry Tucker, was a prisoner of war in Stalag IVB from the time of his capture during the Anzio Landings in Italy until liberation at the end of the war. When I was a child, he talked to me about Red Cross parcels, about the brutality of the Germans, but more of the brutality of the Cossacks. When he spoke about the liberation by the Cossacks he never spoke of his concerns for his own safety - but in terms of the way the Cossacks treated the Germans. In fact, the stories he told of the Cossacks actions towards the Germans gave me nightmares!
I don't know how my Granddad got back to the UK after the liberation - I can't remember the details, but I know he never left the UK again. Nor was he ever hungry again! He was always jolly and very happy to talk about his experiences. I was very young when I asked him about the War and I know he didn't go into any level of detail with me. He died, sadly, in 1985. It was the same year he had planned to go to the re-union of the POW Survivors for Stalag IVB.
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