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Stalag 11B Prisoner of War Camp
Stalag XIB was located at Fallingbostel. General Montgomery's Ninth Division liberated Stalag 11B in early 1945.
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Want to know more about Stalag 11B Prisoner of War Camp? There are:369 items tagged Stalag 11B Prisoner of War Camp available in our Library
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D Sanigar 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment D Sanigar served with the 6th 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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K R Reeves 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars K Reeves 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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WJ Manning 3rd Sqd. County Of London Yeomanry WJ Manning served with the 3rd Sqd. 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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W Greatbanks 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment W Greatbanks served with the 50th 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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Cpl. CF Dean Inns Of Court Regiment Cpl.CF Dean served with the Inns Of Court 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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Pte. Frederick Frances Hynes 2nd Parachute Battalion Air Corp  My late father, Frank Hynes, was in the 2nd Parachute Battalion of the Army Air Corps. He came from a long line of professional army men, enlisting in the 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards as a boy aged 14.
He served in North Africa and Italy and was captured at Arnhem where he received a gunshot wound to his left forearm. He was transferred Prisoner of War to Fallingbostel, Stalag 11B on 25th September, 1944 and was released on 23 April 1945.
He went home to Brighton, UK and worked in the Special Constabulary, a bar manager at the British Legion Club at Shoreham-by-Sea and as a diamond polisher in Brighton and London.
He emigrated to Sydney, Australia at the age of 30 where he met and married my mother.
He worked as a Plant Controller at the Shell Oil Refinery for many years, then as a Clerk of the Court. He died in 1978 of a stroke at the age of 56.
I was 23 when he died, and had not talked to him in detail about his war service or time as a POW, I had no idea really until recently when I began to look at my family history and obtained his military records. I would love to know more if anyone has more information regarding his service.
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John Cecil Banfield My father John Cecil Banfield was captured in Libya and was sent to C.C.N.52 P.M.3100 in Italy. He was then sent to Stalag VIII A in Germany on 13/03/1944. He was later sent to Hospital Stalag XI B on 23/02/1945. He did not talk much about his time as a POW, but what I did get out of him was not very good. He passed away in 1991, but I am still trying to find out what happened to him as a POW.
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Tasman Cyril Robert Woolcott According to his service records, my wife’s grandfather, Tasman Cyril Robert Woolcott, was held at Stalag X1B from March 1944 until its liberation.
If anyone has records or information concerning him, I would appreciate hearing from you.
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Private Bernard Francis Ricketts 2nd Battalion, 16th Platoon, D Company Highland Light Infantry Does anyone remember Bernard Francis Ricketts, my dad, who was a prisoner at Stalag 11b, liberated 16th April 1945 with the appearance of tanks of the 8th Hussars? Or do you know anyone who was in his regiment: 2nd Battalion Glasgow Highlanders, the Highland Light Infantry, 16th platoon, D.Coy? Forward platoons of D Company were taken prisoner and sent to Stalag 11B, Fallingbostal. His best friend's name was Cassidy, also held at Stalag 11b, and also served in the same regiment. Please, if anyone knows any info on my dad, his regiment, or Stalag 11B I would be truly grateful.
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L/Sgt. Arthur William Ambler Royal Horse Artillery I know that my father, Arthur Ambler was posted to Egypt from India at the outbreak of the war and took part in the early actions against the Italian forces in a unit attached to the Australian forces. He subsequently took part in the general retreat when then the Africa Korps arrived and forced the British back to Egypt.
He was captured in 1941 when an attempted ambush of German troops was itself ambushed, and sent to Italy to the Italian POW camp PG53. When the Italians surrendered he was taken by the Germans to Stalag 357 at Thorn in Poland. Late in 1944 he was moved with part of 357 to Stalag XIB and from there to Stalag XIA where he was repatriated by the Americans after the Russian troops moved through the area.
He never told me anything about his experiences in either Italy or Germany until just before his death in 2000, but it was obvious from his withdrawn state that he suffered a serious level of psychological trauma from his experiences - and I do know that he expressed a bitter resentment of Churchill's order that they did not attempt to escape from the camps in Italy after the capitulation.
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Sgt. Raymond Henry Beagle Parachute Regiment British Army Sergeant Harry Beagle was in A Company, 2 Para, 1st Airborne Division. He was among the first on the bridge at Arnhem in September 1944. From there, he was taken prisoner to Stalag XIB, POW no. 118258.
He was repatriated at the end of the War.
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Pte. Charles Frederick Webb Parachute Regiment My Uncle, Charlie Webb, served in the Parachute Regiment in WW2. He parachuted down near Arnhem where he was shot in the leg and was taken prisoner. He was originally taken to Stalag 11b in 1944, but in January 1945 was moved to Stalag 3a and was there when the camp was liberated. Charlie died in 2009.
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Tpr. Kenneth Samuel Charles Hooper 6 Troop 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment Kenneth Hooper served with 6 Troop, 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment in WW2. He was part of Operation Veritable.
He was captured on 12th of February 1945 near Cleve on the Siegfried Line. Transferred to Stalag XIB, he spent 6 weeks in hospital suffering from a wound in head. Kenneth was liberated on 16th April.
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Sgt. William Francis Brinley 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group (H) William Brinley served with the US Air Force in WW2 flying with 96th Bomb Group.
Bill was a waist gunner on B-17G 42-102475. During a mission over Germany on 27th of May 1944, B-17 41-102561 collided with his aircraft.
Bill's B-17 broke in half at the radio room.
Three members of his crew were able to deploy their parachutes. These three were captured and Bill was sent to Stalag Luft IV. It is possible that he partook in the forced march across Germany when Russian forces were advancing in early 1945.
Bill ended up at Stalag 11B and was liberated by the British 7th Armoured Division.
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Gdsmn. James Wedlock Scots Guards James Wedlock enlisted in the Scots Guards on the 8th of April 1940. I am a 2nd cousin to him, and am still researching his military service.
What I do know is that he became a POW at Anzio in 1944, and was incarcerated originally at Stalag 4B for 1 month, February to March 1944. He was moved to Stalag Thorn 357 for a period of 5 months from March to August 1944. Finally interred at Fallingbostel, also named Stalag XIB from August to April.
Upon his liberation in April 1945, he reported that he suffered from pneumonia for 6 weeks during his incarceration.
He married Margaret Gormley during his service in 1941.
James is the son of Richard Wedlock and Elizabeth McMillan
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D Sanigar 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment D Sanigar served with the 6th 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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K R Reeves 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars K Reeves 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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WJ Manning 3rd Sqd. County Of London Yeomanry WJ Manning served with the 3rd Sqd. 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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W Greatbanks 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment W Greatbanks served with the 50th 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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Cpl. CF Dean Inns Of Court Regiment Cpl.CF Dean served with the Inns Of Court 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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Pte. Frederick Frances Hynes 2nd Parachute Battalion Air Corp My late father, Frank Hynes, was in the 2nd Parachute Battalion of the Army Air Corps. He came from a long line of professional army men, enlisting in the 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards as a boy aged 14.
He served in North Africa and Italy and was captured at Arnhem where he received a gunshot wound to his left forearm. He was transferred Prisoner of War to Fallingbostel, Stalag 11B on 25th September, 1944 and was released on 23 April 1945.
He went home to Brighton, UK and worked in the Special Constabulary, a bar manager at the British Legion Club at Shoreham-by-Sea and as a diamond polisher in Brighton and London.
He emigrated to Sydney, Australia at the age of 30 where he met and married my mother.
He worked as a Plant Controller at the Shell Oil Refinery for many years, then as a Clerk of the Court. He died in 1978 of a stroke at the age of 56.
I was 23 when he died, and had not talked to him in detail about his war service or time as a POW, I had no idea really until recently when I began to look at my family history and obtained his military records. I would love to know more if anyone has more information regarding his service.
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John Cecil Banfield My father John Cecil Banfield was captured in Libya and was sent to C.C.N.52 P.M.3100 in Italy. He was then sent to Stalag VIII A in Germany on 13/03/1944. He was later sent to Hospital Stalag XI B on 23/02/1945. He did not talk much about his time as a POW, but what I did get out of him was not very good. He passed away in 1991, but I am still trying to find out what happened to him as a POW.
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Tasman Cyril Robert Woolcott According to his service records, my wife’s grandfather, Tasman Cyril Robert Woolcott, was held at Stalag X1B from March 1944 until its liberation.
If anyone has records or information concerning him, I would appreciate hearing from you.
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Private Bernard Francis Ricketts 2nd Battalion, 16th Platoon, D Company Highland Light Infantry Does anyone remember Bernard Francis Ricketts, my dad, who was a prisoner at Stalag 11b, liberated 16th April 1945 with the appearance of tanks of the 8th Hussars? Or do you know anyone who was in his regiment: 2nd Battalion Glasgow Highlanders, the Highland Light Infantry, 16th platoon, D.Coy? Forward platoons of D Company were taken prisoner and sent to Stalag 11B, Fallingbostal. His best friend's name was Cassidy, also held at Stalag 11b, and also served in the same regiment. Please, if anyone knows any info on my dad, his regiment, or Stalag 11B I would be truly grateful.
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L/Sgt. Arthur William Ambler Royal Horse Artillery I know that my father, Arthur Ambler was posted to Egypt from India at the outbreak of the war and took part in the early actions against the Italian forces in a unit attached to the Australian forces. He subsequently took part in the general retreat when then the Africa Korps arrived and forced the British back to Egypt.
He was captured in 1941 when an attempted ambush of German troops was itself ambushed, and sent to Italy to the Italian POW camp PG53. When the Italians surrendered he was taken by the Germans to Stalag 357 at Thorn in Poland. Late in 1944 he was moved with part of 357 to Stalag XIB and from there to Stalag XIA where he was repatriated by the Americans after the Russian troops moved through the area.
He never told me anything about his experiences in either Italy or Germany until just before his death in 2000, but it was obvious from his withdrawn state that he suffered a serious level of psychological trauma from his experiences - and I do know that he expressed a bitter resentment of Churchill's order that they did not attempt to escape from the camps in Italy after the capitulation.
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Sgt. Raymond Henry Beagle Parachute Regiment British Army Sergeant Harry Beagle was in A Company, 2 Para, 1st Airborne Division. He was among the first on the bridge at Arnhem in September 1944. From there, he was taken prisoner to Stalag XIB, POW no. 118258.
He was repatriated at the end of the War.
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Pte. Charles Frederick Webb Parachute Regiment My Uncle, Charlie Webb, served in the Parachute Regiment in WW2. He parachuted down near Arnhem where he was shot in the leg and was taken prisoner. He was originally taken to Stalag 11b in 1944, but in January 1945 was moved to Stalag 3a and was there when the camp was liberated. Charlie died in 2009.
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Tpr. Kenneth Samuel Charles Hooper 6 Troop 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment Kenneth Hooper served with 6 Troop, 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment in WW2. He was part of Operation Veritable.
He was captured on 12th of February 1945 near Cleve on the Siegfried Line. Transferred to Stalag XIB, he spent 6 weeks in hospital suffering from a wound in head. Kenneth was liberated on 16th April.
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Sgt. William Francis Brinley 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group (H) William Brinley served with the US Air Force in WW2 flying with 96th Bomb Group.
Bill was a waist gunner on B-17G 42-102475. During a mission over Germany on 27th of May 1944, B-17 41-102561 collided with his aircraft.
Bill's B-17 broke in half at the radio room.
Three members of his crew were able to deploy their parachutes. These three were captured and Bill was sent to Stalag Luft IV. It is possible that he partook in the forced march across Germany when Russian forces were advancing in early 1945.
Bill ended up at Stalag 11B and was liberated by the British 7th Armoured Division.
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Gdsmn. James Wedlock Scots Guards James Wedlock enlisted in the Scots Guards on the 8th of April 1940. I am a 2nd cousin to him, and am still researching his military service.
What I do know is that he became a POW at Anzio in 1944, and was incarcerated originally at Stalag 4B for 1 month, February to March 1944. He was moved to Stalag Thorn 357 for a period of 5 months from March to August 1944. Finally interred at Fallingbostel, also named Stalag XIB from August to April.
Upon his liberation in April 1945, he reported that he suffered from pneumonia for 6 weeks during his incarceration.
He married Margaret Gormley during his service in 1941.
James is the son of Richard Wedlock and Elizabeth McMillan
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