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Pte. Edwin James Forder
British Army 1st Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery
from:Stony Stratford
Ted Forder was one of three brothers from Stony Stratford. He returned to his hometown after the war, working in the International Stores. He later moved to Richmond (Surrey) where he worked for the Cooperative Store (Co-op).
I know little of his war service but have managed to uncover that he was reported missing May 1941 at Cyrenaica. It was later confirmed that he was a being held at POW Camp PG 78, Sulmona. He spoke very little about his experience but did say that he escaped but was recaptured by the Germans and eventually ended up in Stalag 4C Wistritz bei Teplitz, Czechoslovakia. Reading reports about this camp, it's no surprise that he spoke very little about his experience and was a damaged man on his release in July 1945.