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Sgt. Jack Allan
British Army A Squadron Lothians and Border Yeomanry
from:Loanhead
Jack Allan's tank was blown up on 4th June 1940, near Abbeville. He suffered a head wound and was taken prisoner by the Germans.
He was forced march to Holland with the rest of the 51st Division, then on barges up the Rhine and eventually to Stalag IXC at Bad Sulza. He was in several camps including Mulhausen. He organised an escape from Oechsenberg camp, but was recaptured within a couple of days. He was
marched west in 1945 by the Germans, then abandoned. He assisted the advancing American tank units and flew home from Brussels to UK.