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Gnr. Thomas Joseph Risley
British Army 23rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery

Tommy Risley from Latchford in Warrington was an ex-Regular in the Royal Horse Artillery who was called up from the Reserve list at the outbreak of war. He served with 23rd Field Regiment in Northern France as part of the BEF. He was captured at St Valery in June 1940 and marched to camp BAB21. He was a prisoner in E793, Stalag VIIIb in Silesia as well. He was force marched some 800kms east surviving what is now the infamous Long March of allied POWs to Germany in the face of Russian advances.

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