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Want to know more about Stalag 4A Prisoner of War Camp? There are:448 items tagged Stalag 4A Prisoner of War Camp available in our Library
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DW Watson 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment DW Watson served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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JI Shaw 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment JI Shaw served with the 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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D Ronaldson Royal Scots Greys D Ronaldson served with the Royal Scots Greys British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L Marandola 4th Sqd (Sharpshooters) County Of London Yeomanry L Marandola served with the 4th Sqd (Sharpshooters) County Of London Yeomanry British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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RR Hudson 7th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment RR Hudson served with the 7th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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J Hitchon 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment J Hitchon served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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RW Dodd 2nd Sqd Northamptonshire Yeomanry RW Dodd served with the 2nd Sqd Northamptonshire Yeomanry British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L/Cpl. VN Bostock 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars L/Cpl.VN Bostock served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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John Joyce Royal Artillery My Uncle, John Joyce was captured at Tobruk and ended up in Stalag IVA I have an image of one of his letters to his brother. It bears the stamp of Stalag IVA
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Private Albert Howard 214 Field Ambulance, 'B' Company Royal Army Medical Corps.
Albert Howard was my uncle, who was born 5th October 1919 in Londons' East End, the son of a Port of London Authority policeman also named Albert.
Shortly before the outbreak of WW2 he enlisted in the Royal Army Medical
Corps as 7348810 Pte. Howard, A.E. He joined 'B' Company of 214 Field
Ambulance.
By Christmas 1942 his unit was in North Africa, from where he
sent my mother a Photostat greetings card, which I have inherited together
with a number of Aerogram letters. In one dated June 1943, he writes of
spending four days in a rest camp, where "... there is good swimming in the sea and a bus service to the town, where there are good service clubs and cinemas. You know that the King came out here recently, and we were
inspected by him. I need not say what sort of preparations had to be made
for the Royal visit!!!"
In October 1943 he writes: "I can now tell you what you may already have
guessed, that we are in Italy." He continues: "The towns are not up to much now, as you can imagine, but the people received us in a fairly friendly fashion."
Later that month he writes: "We are in action in Italy, as you may have
guessed. It is not too bad really. Sometimes we are very busy, and sometimes there is very little to do. The worst thing is the noise, which at times is deafening. Most of it is ours though. We get a lot of shelling now and again - though not dangerously close."
On 23rd December '43 he writes: "...There is not much doing here at present, except getting ready for Christmas.
He sent a few quite brief Photostat letters until 25th June 1944, when he
reported that he had been in hospital suffering from impetigo, which had
cleared up nicely.
That however must have been when he 'went into the bag.'
His next communication is a 'Kriegsgefangenpost' card from Stalag IXA, where he has become POW Nr 142942. I have two of these postcards dated late in 1944, which are written in pencil, and are reassuring, if necessarily extremely brief.
He was repatriated late in 1945, and married the Red Cross nurse who had
been assigned to look after him.
I remember him telling us afterwards that early in 1945 gunfire could be
heard in the camp, and seemed to be getting nearer in the East than in the
West. Then one morning they woke up to find the guards gone, and the camp
gates open. The prisoners gathered to discuss what should be done. Many
favoured sitting tight waiting to be liberated. My uncle Bert was among
those who feared that the Russians might well get there before the Allies,
and take them into a new captivity. He joined a group who decided to set out on foot westwards, in the hope of reaching the advancing Allies. Hungry and nearly exhausted after several days on the road, they reached an abandoned farm, where there were still a few cows and some chickens.
With shelter and the promise of milk, eggs and meat available, it was
decided to hole up there and hope that the Allies would reach them first.
During the weeks that followed they were able to trade eggs, milk and
vegetables for cigarettes, German sausages & other valuables with the
fleeing troops and refugees who passed, until the Allies did actually
arrive.
He went on to have a successful career and raise five sons before he died in 1981.
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Delmar J Garnhart HQ 3 Battalion 422 Infantry Regiment My Dad, Cpl. Delmar P. Garnhart was captured at the Battle of the Bulge whilst serving with the 106th Division and was sent to
Stalag 4-A and 4B. I have records that list both. I am seeking any
information on him or these camps. Also looking for two men
that served with him - Clarence Bahlo and Elmer "Buddy" Helwig.
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Staff Sergeant Eugene G Bailey 28th Division 112th Infantry My Dad, Staff Sergeant Eugene G. Bailey served with the 28th Division 112th Infantry. He was captured on December 17, 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. He was sent to Stalag IXB and then transferred to Stalag IXA on January 25, 1945. I have a group or unit picture taken in Paris after the liberation dated April 1945. This site is a great way to honor our WWII heroes.
Diana Thomas, a very proud daughter
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Gnr. J Marrs 5th Bty, 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery J Marrs of 10 Gamlin Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire, is one of 3 men whose names are written on the reverse of a photograph, which was in the possession of my father Albert Percival Nichols. Both were captured on 20th of June 1942, probably at Tobruk, and both were in Stalag 4A. The other two men were C Jones, Leyedge, Mayfield Drive, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire and J Manson, of Maitland Place, Finnstown [sic], Orkney. As well as my father, two other men (unnamed) appear on the photograph.
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Gnr. C. Jones 5th Bty, 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery C Jones of Leyedge, Mayfield Drive, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, is one of 3 men whose names are written on the reverse of a photograph, which was in the possession of my father Albert Percival Nichols.
Both were captured on 20th of June 1942, probably at Tobruk, and both were in Stalag 4A. The other two men were J Manson of Maitland Place, Finnstown [sic], Orkney and J Marrs of 10 Gamlin Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire. As well as my father, two other men (unnamed) appear on the photograph.
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Gnr. J. Manson 5th Bty, 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery J Manson of Maitland Place, Finnstown [sic], Orkney, is one of 3 men whose names are written on the reverse of a photograph, which was in the possession of my father, Albert Percival Nichols.
Both were captured on 20th of June 1942, probably at Tobruk, and both were in Stalag 4A. The other two men were J Marrs of 10 Gamlin Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire and C Jones of Leyedge, Mayfield Drive, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire.
As well as my father, two other men (unnamed) appear on the photograph.
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DW Watson 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment DW Watson served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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JI Shaw 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment JI Shaw served with the 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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D Ronaldson Royal Scots Greys D Ronaldson served with the Royal Scots Greys British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L Marandola 4th Sqd (Sharpshooters) County Of London Yeomanry L Marandola served with the 4th Sqd (Sharpshooters) County Of London Yeomanry British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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RR Hudson 7th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment RR Hudson served with the 7th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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J Hitchon 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment J Hitchon served with the 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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RW Dodd 2nd Sqd Northamptonshire Yeomanry RW Dodd served with the 2nd Sqd Northamptonshire Yeomanry British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L/Cpl. VN Bostock 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars L/Cpl.VN Bostock served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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John Joyce Royal Artillery My Uncle, John Joyce was captured at Tobruk and ended up in Stalag IVA I have an image of one of his letters to his brother. It bears the stamp of Stalag IVA
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Private Albert Howard 214 Field Ambulance, 'B' Company Royal Army Medical Corps.
Albert Howard was my uncle, who was born 5th October 1919 in Londons' East End, the son of a Port of London Authority policeman also named Albert.
Shortly before the outbreak of WW2 he enlisted in the Royal Army Medical
Corps as 7348810 Pte. Howard, A.E. He joined 'B' Company of 214 Field
Ambulance.
By Christmas 1942 his unit was in North Africa, from where he
sent my mother a Photostat greetings card, which I have inherited together
with a number of Aerogram letters. In one dated June 1943, he writes of
spending four days in a rest camp, where "... there is good swimming in the sea and a bus service to the town, where there are good service clubs and cinemas. You know that the King came out here recently, and we were
inspected by him. I need not say what sort of preparations had to be made
for the Royal visit!!!"
In October 1943 he writes: "I can now tell you what you may already have
guessed, that we are in Italy." He continues: "The towns are not up to much now, as you can imagine, but the people received us in a fairly friendly fashion."
Later that month he writes: "We are in action in Italy, as you may have
guessed. It is not too bad really. Sometimes we are very busy, and sometimes there is very little to do. The worst thing is the noise, which at times is deafening. Most of it is ours though. We get a lot of shelling now and again - though not dangerously close."
On 23rd December '43 he writes: "...There is not much doing here at present, except getting ready for Christmas.
He sent a few quite brief Photostat letters until 25th June 1944, when he
reported that he had been in hospital suffering from impetigo, which had
cleared up nicely.
That however must have been when he 'went into the bag.'
His next communication is a 'Kriegsgefangenpost' card from Stalag IXA, where he has become POW Nr 142942. I have two of these postcards dated late in 1944, which are written in pencil, and are reassuring, if necessarily extremely brief.
He was repatriated late in 1945, and married the Red Cross nurse who had
been assigned to look after him.
I remember him telling us afterwards that early in 1945 gunfire could be
heard in the camp, and seemed to be getting nearer in the East than in the
West. Then one morning they woke up to find the guards gone, and the camp
gates open. The prisoners gathered to discuss what should be done. Many
favoured sitting tight waiting to be liberated. My uncle Bert was among
those who feared that the Russians might well get there before the Allies,
and take them into a new captivity. He joined a group who decided to set out on foot westwards, in the hope of reaching the advancing Allies. Hungry and nearly exhausted after several days on the road, they reached an abandoned farm, where there were still a few cows and some chickens.
With shelter and the promise of milk, eggs and meat available, it was
decided to hole up there and hope that the Allies would reach them first.
During the weeks that followed they were able to trade eggs, milk and
vegetables for cigarettes, German sausages & other valuables with the
fleeing troops and refugees who passed, until the Allies did actually
arrive.
He went on to have a successful career and raise five sons before he died in 1981.
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Delmar J Garnhart HQ 3 Battalion 422 Infantry Regiment My Dad, Cpl. Delmar P. Garnhart was captured at the Battle of the Bulge whilst serving with the 106th Division and was sent to
Stalag 4-A and 4B. I have records that list both. I am seeking any
information on him or these camps. Also looking for two men
that served with him - Clarence Bahlo and Elmer "Buddy" Helwig.
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Staff Sergeant Eugene G Bailey 28th Division 112th Infantry My Dad, Staff Sergeant Eugene G. Bailey served with the 28th Division 112th Infantry. He was captured on December 17, 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. He was sent to Stalag IXB and then transferred to Stalag IXA on January 25, 1945. I have a group or unit picture taken in Paris after the liberation dated April 1945. This site is a great way to honor our WWII heroes.
Diana Thomas, a very proud daughter
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Gnr. J Marrs 5th Bty, 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery J Marrs of 10 Gamlin Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire, is one of 3 men whose names are written on the reverse of a photograph, which was in the possession of my father Albert Percival Nichols. Both were captured on 20th of June 1942, probably at Tobruk, and both were in Stalag 4A. The other two men were C Jones, Leyedge, Mayfield Drive, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire and J Manson, of Maitland Place, Finnstown [sic], Orkney. As well as my father, two other men (unnamed) appear on the photograph.
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Gnr. C. Jones 5th Bty, 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery C Jones of Leyedge, Mayfield Drive, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, is one of 3 men whose names are written on the reverse of a photograph, which was in the possession of my father Albert Percival Nichols.
Both were captured on 20th of June 1942, probably at Tobruk, and both were in Stalag 4A. The other two men were J Manson of Maitland Place, Finnstown [sic], Orkney and J Marrs of 10 Gamlin Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire. As well as my father, two other men (unnamed) appear on the photograph.
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Gnr. J. Manson 5th Bty, 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery J Manson of Maitland Place, Finnstown [sic], Orkney, is one of 3 men whose names are written on the reverse of a photograph, which was in the possession of my father, Albert Percival Nichols.
Both were captured on 20th of June 1942, probably at Tobruk, and both were in Stalag 4A. The other two men were J Marrs of 10 Gamlin Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire and C Jones of Leyedge, Mayfield Drive, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire.
As well as my father, two other men (unnamed) appear on the photograph.
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