261873 Pte. John Howells British Army Royal Gloucestershire Regiment from:Stanleytown, S. Wales John Howells was my father, whom I believe was captured in Belgium in 1940, having joined the war in 1939. He served as a POW camp interpreter. The only knowledge I have of this is due to seeing my father's camp ID tag. I always remember it was stamped Stalag XXI-B. I believe the camp closed in 1944 and the prisoners were marched west across Europe. My father kept a daily diary during the march. I saw the contents once, but have no access to the diary due to others in the family. The last sentence in the diary was 'Roll on the Yanks!'
My father moved from South Wales to Oxford in 1948. He was a respected school-teacher for 31 years and lived in Marcham Village, near Abingdon, Oxon. He died on 11th of November 1998 in Abingdon Hospital.
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