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Stalag 21C/Z Prisoner of War Camp
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L/Cpl. Winston Massey 2/7th Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment The International Committee of the Red Cross has received the following information:
- Name and first name: MASSEY Winston
- Date of birth: 12.12.1913
- Place of birth: Weymouth
- Father's first name: Harry
- Mother's name: Hawkins
- Rank: L/C
- Unit: 2/2 Btn., Queen's Royal Regiment
- Service number: 6084900
- Date and place of capture: 21.05.1940, Calais
- Prisoner of war number: 3036 stalag XXIB
Place of Detention:
- Prisoner of war in German hands arrived at Stalag XXIB on 11.06.1940 (according to a list undated)
- Detained in Stalag XXIB/H (according to a capture card dated 26.10.1940)
- Arrived at Stalag XXIA on 26.01.1941 (according to a list dated 05.03.1941)
- Transferred from Stalag XXIA to Stalag XXIC on 20.03.1941 (according to a list dated 20.03.1941)
- Arrived at Stalag XXIC/Z on 19.03.1941, coming from Stalag XXIA (according to a list dated 08.05.1941)
- Transferred from stalag XXIC/Z to stalag XXB on 13.06.1941 (according to a list dated 23.06.1941)
- Arrived at Stalag XXB on 14.06.1941, coming from Stalag XXIC/Z (according to a list dated 01.07.1941)
- Detained in Stalag XXB (according to a list dated 08.11.1943)
Information received from:
Six lists issued by the German authorities, a capture card
and a list issued by the British man of confidence in Stalag XXB.
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L/Cpl. Winston Massey 2/7th Btn. West Surrey (Queen's Royal) Regiment    Winston Massey enlisted in the Territiorials joining the
Queen's Royal Regiment on the 18th of April 1931. He
went to Shanghai, China in 1932 with the army. From November 1933 he served
in India, was stationed at Luxor (1935) and went to Quetta, Waziristan as support during Quetta earth quake on the 30th of May 1935. He returned home on the 26th of March 1940 and went to France with the BEF on the 23rd of April. On the 31st of May he was taken
P.O.W. and held in Stalag XX1c-z, returning home on the
28th of April 1945. He was
Discharged on the 12th of February 1946.
During research found at Dover castle museum, in glass case, an officer's personal diary that has maps and dates regarding 1st BEF Queen's Royal Regiment.
After his capture, Winston and his fellow soldiers were force marched from the French-Belgium border into Poland, he elected to work on farms, in order to steal raw cabbage and raw eggs.
As a survivor of the long march of 1945, at the end of the march, he was liberated by Americans. They had nothing to feed them, so were given rotten potato peelings. My grandfather went into a coma, and didn't regain consciousness until repatriation to England and was in hospital. Unsure of the American unit that liberated them.
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L/Cpl. Winston Massey 2/7th Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment The International Committee of the Red Cross has received the following information:
- Name and first name: MASSEY Winston
- Date of birth: 12.12.1913
- Place of birth: Weymouth
- Father's first name: Harry
- Mother's name: Hawkins
- Rank: L/C
- Unit: 2/2 Btn., Queen's Royal Regiment
- Service number: 6084900
- Date and place of capture: 21.05.1940, Calais
- Prisoner of war number: 3036 stalag XXIB
Place of Detention:
- Prisoner of war in German hands arrived at Stalag XXIB on 11.06.1940 (according to a list undated)
- Detained in Stalag XXIB/H (according to a capture card dated 26.10.1940)
- Arrived at Stalag XXIA on 26.01.1941 (according to a list dated 05.03.1941)
- Transferred from Stalag XXIA to Stalag XXIC on 20.03.1941 (according to a list dated 20.03.1941)
- Arrived at Stalag XXIC/Z on 19.03.1941, coming from Stalag XXIA (according to a list dated 08.05.1941)
- Transferred from stalag XXIC/Z to stalag XXB on 13.06.1941 (according to a list dated 23.06.1941)
- Arrived at Stalag XXB on 14.06.1941, coming from Stalag XXIC/Z (according to a list dated 01.07.1941)
- Detained in Stalag XXB (according to a list dated 08.11.1943)
Information received from:
Six lists issued by the German authorities, a capture card
and a list issued by the British man of confidence in Stalag XXB.
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L/Cpl. Winston Massey 2/7th Btn. West Surrey (Queen's Royal) Regiment Winston Massey enlisted in the Territiorials joining the
Queen's Royal Regiment on the 18th of April 1931. He
went to Shanghai, China in 1932 with the army. From November 1933 he served
in India, was stationed at Luxor (1935) and went to Quetta, Waziristan as support during Quetta earth quake on the 30th of May 1935. He returned home on the 26th of March 1940 and went to France with the BEF on the 23rd of April. On the 31st of May he was taken
P.O.W. and held in Stalag XX1c-z, returning home on the
28th of April 1945. He was
Discharged on the 12th of February 1946.
During research found at Dover castle museum, in glass case, an officer's personal diary that has maps and dates regarding 1st BEF Queen's Royal Regiment.
After his capture, Winston and his fellow soldiers were force marched from the French-Belgium border into Poland, he elected to work on farms, in order to steal raw cabbage and raw eggs.
As a survivor of the long march of 1945, at the end of the march, he was liberated by Americans. They had nothing to feed them, so were given rotten potato peelings. My grandfather went into a coma, and didn't regain consciousness until repatriation to England and was in hospital. Unsure of the American unit that liberated them.
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