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Matthew Vaughan Connelly
British Army Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Lochore, Fife
My father, Matthew Connelly, was captured at St Valery sur Somme in June 1940. He escaped from a forcsd march and was helped by Belgian family in village of Ellezelles. He remained free for two years, working with the Resistance in Belgium and Northrrn France. He was betrayed and captured in 1942 in Roubaix and imprisoned as spy in Lille. After 10 months he was moved to POW camp Stalag 8b Lamsdorf. He was on the Long March in the spring of 1945, escaped and was liberated in April of that year.