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244212 Pte. Edward Quinn British Army 6th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment from:Eire Edward Quinn joined The Loyal Regiment on 27th February 1942 aged 18. Description 5'4"; eyes green; brown hair. He was Irish. In November 1943 he was transferred to the Queen's Own West Kent Regiment and sent to join the 6th Battalion at Monte Cassino. Captured by the Germans on 5th February 1944 with the rest of his group he was taken to Stalag XIa (his POW number was 142481) where he remained until liberated in May 1945. Also at Monte Cassino at the same time was Ernest Quinn, Lance Corporal in the 6th Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment who was captured the same day and sent to Stalag 3a Luchenwalde (POW No. 142401). Description 6'; eyes blue; dark hair. He was born in London and enlisted in 1939 aged 31. Having the same initial in the same Regiment and the same Battalion caused some confusion and they regularly got mixed up. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.