225333 Albert Edwin Comley British Army 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment My father was Albert Edwin Comley known as Bert. He was called up for the third time, for the Second World War and served in the 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. He was captured at Casel, France, on 30th May 1940, when his unit was covering the retreat at Dunkirk.
I have Red Cross paperwork showing that he was held at Stalag 323 on 1st of November 1940 (prisoner no. 11000) and was also held in Stalag 8b. I have some messsage cards from him to my mother from there.
My father was involved in the "Long (or Death) March" when POWs were force-marched from their POW camps in Poland into Germany in the freezing cold of winter. He was made to work in coal mines during his captivity and was repatriated to England in 1945.
I know that there are probably very few survivors of these times, but if you or your father or grandfather were in the Glosters 2nd Battalion, captured at Casel, and/or held in Stalag 8b, please get in touch.
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