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Marlag und Milag Nord Prisoner of War Camp If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Those known to have been held in or employed at Marlag und Milag Nord Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. Archer Maurice. Sea. Harding Gordon Herbert. Sig. (d.28th Aug 1944) Rudd Olley. Thompson Cyril. Ast Stwd, The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records from Marlag und Milag Nord Prisoner of War Camp other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. 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The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about Marlag und Milag Nord Prisoner of War Camp? There are:11 items tagged Marlag und Milag Nord Prisoner of War Camp available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Ast Stwd, Cyril Thompson SS Orama Cyril Thompson was my grandfather's cousin, b 1917 and died about Feb 1986. I have a wartime photograph of him, as well as the letters he sent to to my grandmother and grandfather during the war. He was in Marlag und Milag Nord camp. His younger brother Dennis, b 1919, was killed on his 25th birthday on the beaches at Normandy. Cyril was unaware of Dennis's death until after the war when he returned home and his family broke the news to him (my father is the only person alive now who was there). Add to this record. Sig. Gordon Herbert Harding HM LCT 124 (d.28th Aug 1944) Gordon Harding was born on 10th of March 1922 and served with the Royal Navy. He was on the crew of HMLCT 124 took part in the Operation Jubilee and he was taken as a Prisoner of War in Dieppe, on 18th of August 1942, by the Germans. His PoW number is 863 and he was held in Marlag und Milag Nord. He wrote in the PoW magazine, The Clarion, regularly from March 1943 until his death and was known for his humorous writings about PoW life. Gordon died in Olbersdorf Lazarett at the age of 22. His obituary was published in the 17th issue of the Clarion, along with a sad note to the readers. Ülkü Öz Add to this record. Sea. Maurice "Ginger" Archer SS Wendover My father, Maurice Archer (or Ginger as he was nicknamed, for his red hair) was 17 when he sailed out of Liverpool on 21st June 1940. His Merchant Navy ship, the SS Wendover, was bound for Bordeaux carrying coal on passage. France had just fallen to Germany, so orders were changed and the ship was diverted to Rio de Janeiro. On 12th July, my father celebrated his 18th birthday. On the 16th July, my father’s ship was captured at sea by a German raider. During the capture, a burly German officer turned to my father and told him "The war is over for you, son". But this was just the start of 4.5 years in captivity and in concentration camps where my father witnessed death, hunger, cold, and disease. He now tells his story: "On the 16th July 1940, I was on 4-8 watch when according to the 8-12 watch a ship flying Yugoslav colours had opened fire from the port quarter, killing the radio operator and setting fire to the bridge. The ship turned out to be a disguised German raider. During the one-way exchange of fire (the raider kept of range), Able Seaman George Smith was seriously injured and the third engineer, Mr. Gibson, and the steward, Mr. Gernardt, were killed. George Smith died later of his injuries. After four months aboard the raider, we were transferred to a prison ship. Conditions on the raider were passable, but the prison ship was deplorable. We landed in Bordeaux a few weeks later and were taken to the prison camp Caserne Colonial Bordeaux. This camp bordered on primitive in every sense of the word. Our first night there we had doors for beds. We weren't sorry to leave there in a cattle truck three days later, when we were taken to Drancy Prison in Paris. The less said about our stay at Drancy the better. The only good thing I remember about Drancy was the kindness of the French women who had nothing themselves, but nevertheless threw loaves of bread to us past the guards. Most of the prisoners, including myself, were sent from Drancy to concentration camps. After five days of normal transportation (i.e., in cattle trucks), we arrived at Bremervorde in northwestern Germany near Bremen, and were then marched several miles to Stalag X-B in Sandbostel, where we were greeted by the stink of death. I was held in Stalag X-B for two years, and I will never forget that smell – it lingered constantly. Many thousands of POWs died there. In early 1945, in the face of advancing British forces, the camp was evacuated, and we were marched to Marlag und Milag Nord, from where I was later repatriated. There have been times when I've thought about the few months of kindness and friendliness shown by Frau Wilmbrock and her family in the village of Kirch, where I and fellow Stalag X-B prisoner Jock Reid worked their farm. Little did I know, but back home I was considered missing and presumed dead. My name was and still is on the wall of remembrance in the Mission to Seaman in South Shields." Dorothy Duffield Add to this record. Olley Rudd SS Orama Olley Rudd, my husbands grandfather. Survived the sinking of the SS Orama and spent the war in Milag Nord. We have one of his YMCA issued Wartime log books. It contains many poems and sketches by many different prisoners. The last being a pencil sketch titled, The Gates are Open. Dated 28th of April 1945, showing a tank by the gates and guards with their hands above there head. Add to this record. Ast Stwd, Cyril Thompson SS Orama Cyril Thompson was my grandfather's cousin, b 1917 and died about Feb 1986. I have a wartime photograph of him, as well as the letters he sent to to my grandmother and grandfather during the war. He was in Marlag und Milag Nord camp. His younger brother Dennis, b 1919, was killed on his 25th birthday on the beaches at Normandy. Cyril was unaware of Dennis's death until after the war when he returned home and his family broke the news to him (my father is the only person alive now who was there). Sig. Gordon Herbert Harding HM LCT 124 (d.28th Aug 1944) Gordon Harding was born on 10th of March 1922 and served with the Royal Navy. He was on the crew of HMLCT 124 took part in the Operation Jubilee and he was taken as a Prisoner of War in Dieppe, on 18th of August 1942, by the Germans. His PoW number is 863 and he was held in Marlag und Milag Nord. He wrote in the PoW magazine, The Clarion, regularly from March 1943 until his death and was known for his humorous writings about PoW life. Gordon died in Olbersdorf Lazarett at the age of 22. His obituary was published in the 17th issue of the Clarion, along with a sad note to the readers. Ülkü Öz Sea. Maurice "Ginger" Archer SS Wendover My father, Maurice Archer (or Ginger as he was nicknamed, for his red hair) was 17 when he sailed out of Liverpool on 21st June 1940. His Merchant Navy ship, the SS Wendover, was bound for Bordeaux carrying coal on passage. France had just fallen to Germany, so orders were changed and the ship was diverted to Rio de Janeiro. On 12th July, my father celebrated his 18th birthday. On the 16th July, my father’s ship was captured at sea by a German raider. During the capture, a burly German officer turned to my father and told him "The war is over for you, son". But this was just the start of 4.5 years in captivity and in concentration camps where my father witnessed death, hunger, cold, and disease. He now tells his story: "On the 16th July 1940, I was on 4-8 watch when according to the 8-12 watch a ship flying Yugoslav colours had opened fire from the port quarter, killing the radio operator and setting fire to the bridge. The ship turned out to be a disguised German raider. During the one-way exchange of fire (the raider kept of range), Able Seaman George Smith was seriously injured and the third engineer, Mr. Gibson, and the steward, Mr. Gernardt, were killed. George Smith died later of his injuries. After four months aboard the raider, we were transferred to a prison ship. Conditions on the raider were passable, but the prison ship was deplorable. We landed in Bordeaux a few weeks later and were taken to the prison camp Caserne Colonial Bordeaux. This camp bordered on primitive in every sense of the word. Our first night there we had doors for beds. We weren't sorry to leave there in a cattle truck three days later, when we were taken to Drancy Prison in Paris. The less said about our stay at Drancy the better. The only good thing I remember about Drancy was the kindness of the French women who had nothing themselves, but nevertheless threw loaves of bread to us past the guards. Most of the prisoners, including myself, were sent from Drancy to concentration camps. After five days of normal transportation (i.e., in cattle trucks), we arrived at Bremervorde in northwestern Germany near Bremen, and were then marched several miles to Stalag X-B in Sandbostel, where we were greeted by the stink of death. I was held in Stalag X-B for two years, and I will never forget that smell – it lingered constantly. Many thousands of POWs died there. In early 1945, in the face of advancing British forces, the camp was evacuated, and we were marched to Marlag und Milag Nord, from where I was later repatriated. There have been times when I've thought about the few months of kindness and friendliness shown by Frau Wilmbrock and her family in the village of Kirch, where I and fellow Stalag X-B prisoner Jock Reid worked their farm. Little did I know, but back home I was considered missing and presumed dead. My name was and still is on the wall of remembrance in the Mission to Seaman in South Shields." Dorothy Duffield Olley Rudd SS Orama Olley Rudd, my husbands grandfather. Survived the sinking of the SS Orama and spent the war in Milag Nord. We have one of his YMCA issued Wartime log books. It contains many poems and sketches by many different prisoners. The last being a pencil sketch titled, The Gates are Open. Dated 28th of April 1945, showing a tank by the gates and guards with their hands above there head. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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