Dvr. George Douglas "Sticks" Randall
British Army Royal Army Service Corps
from:Kensington, London
Dad, Douglas Randall was a POW for the whole six years after being captured at the beginning of the war. He was driving the Padre somewhere in France when he got stopped by German soldiers. He had his front teeth knocked out by the butt of a gun. They shot the padre and made Doug dig his grave. All the time he was thinking he was digging his own grave too. He buried the padre and was taken to a POW camp. He was in several camps during this time. The four camps that I know of were, Friegegeben Stalag IIID, Stalag XXA, Stalag XXB & Blechhammer E3. He was on the long walk to a camp in Poland in which many died. He was always called Doug as his father was named George but his nickname was Sticks as he was a drummer and performed in the camp entertainment shows. My father said he was treated well by his captors.
Dad was on a re-union committee for ex pows from Blechhammer E3 camp after the war and was chosen to host a visit from a German Prince as a good relations exercise. So Prince Hohenlohe came to stay with my Mum & Dad in their tiny house in London.
