218427 Cpl. Cedric George Henry Attrill British Army Royal Corps of Signals from:Ryde I.O.W 2320876 Corporal Cedric George Henry Attrill served with the Royal Corps of Signals during WW2 and details of his service is provided as follows:-
- 13th Nov 1940 Left England for Egypt, North Africa.
Sailed from Liverpool on the ship
T.T. Reing-dec-Pacifico
Calling at Seirra Leone, Durban, Cario,
Aswan, Sudan, Kerin, (Eritrea) Asmara
to Alexanria Egypt.
- 21st Jan 1941 New rank - War Substantive Corporal w.e.f.
After Mursa, Matru – Tobruck encounter
1st Siege by Germans
- 20th June 1942 Germans took Tobruck, North Africa.
- 21st June 1942 Capitulated to the Germans.
- 23rd June 1942 Captured in Tobruck by the Germans.
- 26th June 1942 Prisoner of War at Bari and Verona, Italy
- 17th July 1942 Freed by Italian Patriots.
Travelled Brindesi, Taranto, Bari, Acona,
Verona, in Italy.
Headed to the Swiss border, free for
a month, but due lack of clothing and
not successful in remaining free.
- 6th Oct 1943 Germans helped by Fascists cordoned,
Termacia and Villa Montana in Italy.
- Recaptured by the Germans and became a P.O.W.
Prisoner of War Camps C.G.H.ATTRILL was imprisoned.
- 10th Sept 1943 At Campo P.G. 53 Italy.
- 17th Nov 1943 At Compo P.G. Lavoro 148/LX Italy.
- 30th Nov 1943 At Campo P.G. 53 Italy.
At Campo P.G. 65 Sett 3, Cap. 4 Italy.
At Stalag VII a, Mooseberg Germany.
At Stalag IV B , Muklberg. Worked in
mines and Lead Smelting Works
- 5th March 1944 Moved to E1.116 E - Stalag IV d Muklberg
- 6th June 1944 D-Day invasion started.
- 7th June 1944 At Stalag IV d - Fort Zinner
- 21st Aug 1944 At Stalag IV d - Fort Zinner
- 22nd Sept 1944 At Stalag IV d - Fort Zinner
- 21st Dec 1944 Moved to E1 113 E.
- 13th April 1945 Liberated by U.S.Army, 3rd Sper.,
9th Battalion.
- 16th April 1945 Lesleben, Saugerhausen, Liege, Belgium
- 17th April 1945 Brussels on route to England.
- 20th April 1945 Home, Ryde I of W, and on leave and rest.
- 8th May 1945 Germans formally surrender at 23.01 hours
at Reims, France.
- 7th June 1945 Army Leave expired for C.G.H. Attrill.
- 13th Jan 1946 Discharged papers issued.
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