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Pte. Thomas Hazlewood
British Army 4th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:Ellesmere Port
Thomas Hazlewood was reported missing on the 25th of June 1940 following the disastrous British Expeditionary Force in France. It was later confirmed that he was POW No. 9741 at Stalag 8b, Teschen, Poland. As a POW he saved a German boy from drowning and was thereby treated well by the Germans. He was released in July 1945 and in March 1950 was awarded the Long Service Good Conduct Medal.