242291 Pte. Clarence Frederick Astley DSO.British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment from:Erdington, Birmingham My father Fred Astley signed up to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on the 4th of October 1938, before WW2. He served 5 years and 1 month, from 3rd of September 1939 to 4th of October 1944 as a Private. Then transferred to 2nd Suffolk Regiment, Corporal, for 1 year and 3 months, from 5th of October 1944 to 3rd of June 1946 when he was released to Section B Army reserve. He served in France for 11 months, from 23rd of September 1939 to 27th of August 1940. Being a POW in France for 4 months, he escaped and was living in France for another 5 months, he said the French underground assisted him to get back to England, from 28th of August 1940 to 17th of September 1940. He served in Lahore, India for 10 months - his role was Animal Management, from 2nd of May 1944 to 2nd of March 1946 and spent 27 days in a military hospital in Lahore and another 30 days in a convalescence hospital in Dalhousie, from 4th of May 1945 to 29th of June 1945.
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