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Oflag 3C POW Camp
Oflag IIIc was situated at Lubben in Germany, it opened in August 1940.
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Those known to have been held in or employed at Oflag 3C POW Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. 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,
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Cpl. Thomas Edward Dargan 6th Provost Corps Thomas Dargan was captured on Crete in 1941
In June 1941 he was officially reported Missing Casualty List 142. In Sep 1941 he was reported interned in Stalag 18D as POW Number 6088
In Nov 1942 he was transferred to Oflag 3C as POW Number 1511
and in Apr 1943 he was interned in Stalag 383 POW Number 6088
In Jun 1945 he returned to the UK as recovering POW
"Stalag 383 , which guarded about 6000 prisoners, was good as long as you behaved yourself. We had marbles sent from home. We'd play trains, do anything to pass the time.The Germans used to scratch their heads at us.
An escape attempt ended in a rail carriage near the Italian border, after a fellow escapee was helped through a small window. He too was found 3 weeks later by the Italians and marched back to the camp. Near the end of the War Stalag 383 prisoners were taken past the muddy Danube River to Nuremburg where the German guards deserted."
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L/Sgt. Alfred Percy Valentine "Jack" Diaper Royal Artillery Alfred Diaper was captured and held as a PoW. I am trying to piece together the movements of my father from camp to camp.
I have a diary entry that he left Stalag XXA Fort XXV on 16th of September 1942 and arrived at Oflag 3C 19th of September 1942.
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Sgt. Reginald William Spink BEM. 43rd Divisional Signals Royal Signals  My uncle, Bill Spink, was born 1st July 1908 in Leeds.
He married my aunt, Rose Rouse, in Portsmouth on 30th September 1939, with his address given as Government House, Portsmouth. He was already in the army when war was declared.
There was a story in the family that he was one of the men who wired up Churchill's War Rooms.
He saw service in various countries, including Norway and the Arctic Circle, but was captured at the Battle of Crete. He was initially a POW in Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf and then moved to Stalag 383, Hohenfels. His POW number was 21132.
He is mentioned in the chapter 'Griff and Hooch' in the book 'Barbed Wire, Memories of Stalag 383' by M. McKinnon as being the radio operator in Hut Sixteen.
On 11th October, 1945, he is listed in The London Gazette as being awarded the British Empire Medal (Military Division) in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field.
He died in September 2000, in Southampton.
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Pte. Herbert Louis Steward 2/3rd Battalion Bert Steward was interned in Stalag 18D from 28th pf August 1941 at Maridor after being captured in Greece or Crete. On an unknown date he moved to Oflag IIIC in Lubben/Spree. He was moved to Stalag 18B Spittal an der Drau arriving 10th of November 1942 and arrived at Stalag 383 15th of April 1943.
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Sgt. J. Harrison I am trying to find any information about my grandad, Sgt J Harrison, who was in Oflag IIIc. I have a postcard dated 3/1/43 it has a picture of him with six other prisoners.
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Sgt. Thomas Mackenzie My grandfather, Sgt Thomas Mackenzie, was held in Oflag IIIc at the end of 1942. I have his Bible which was given to him Christmas 1942 in Oflag IIIc.
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CSM Frank Brewer My uncle was a POW in Oflag IIIC (POW No. 864). I have a photograph of him and 23 prisoners dated 6th January 1943.
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Cpl. Thomas Edward Dargan 6th Provost Corps Thomas Dargan was captured on Crete in 1941
In June 1941 he was officially reported Missing Casualty List 142. In Sep 1941 he was reported interned in Stalag 18D as POW Number 6088
In Nov 1942 he was transferred to Oflag 3C as POW Number 1511
and in Apr 1943 he was interned in Stalag 383 POW Number 6088
In Jun 1945 he returned to the UK as recovering POW
"Stalag 383 , which guarded about 6000 prisoners, was good as long as you behaved yourself. We had marbles sent from home. We'd play trains, do anything to pass the time.The Germans used to scratch their heads at us.
An escape attempt ended in a rail carriage near the Italian border, after a fellow escapee was helped through a small window. He too was found 3 weeks later by the Italians and marched back to the camp. Near the end of the War Stalag 383 prisoners were taken past the muddy Danube River to Nuremburg where the German guards deserted."
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L/Sgt. Alfred Percy Valentine "Jack" Diaper Royal Artillery Alfred Diaper was captured and held as a PoW. I am trying to piece together the movements of my father from camp to camp.
I have a diary entry that he left Stalag XXA Fort XXV on 16th of September 1942 and arrived at Oflag 3C 19th of September 1942.
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Sgt. Reginald William Spink BEM. 43rd Divisional Signals Royal Signals My uncle, Bill Spink, was born 1st July 1908 in Leeds.
He married my aunt, Rose Rouse, in Portsmouth on 30th September 1939, with his address given as Government House, Portsmouth. He was already in the army when war was declared.
There was a story in the family that he was one of the men who wired up Churchill's War Rooms.
He saw service in various countries, including Norway and the Arctic Circle, but was captured at the Battle of Crete. He was initially a POW in Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf and then moved to Stalag 383, Hohenfels. His POW number was 21132.
He is mentioned in the chapter 'Griff and Hooch' in the book 'Barbed Wire, Memories of Stalag 383' by M. McKinnon as being the radio operator in Hut Sixteen.
On 11th October, 1945, he is listed in The London Gazette as being awarded the British Empire Medal (Military Division) in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field.
He died in September 2000, in Southampton.
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Pte. Herbert Louis Steward 2/3rd Battalion Bert Steward was interned in Stalag 18D from 28th pf August 1941 at Maridor after being captured in Greece or Crete. On an unknown date he moved to Oflag IIIC in Lubben/Spree. He was moved to Stalag 18B Spittal an der Drau arriving 10th of November 1942 and arrived at Stalag 383 15th of April 1943.
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Sgt. J. Harrison I am trying to find any information about my grandad, Sgt J Harrison, who was in Oflag IIIc. I have a postcard dated 3/1/43 it has a picture of him with six other prisoners.
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Sgt. Thomas Mackenzie My grandfather, Sgt Thomas Mackenzie, was held in Oflag IIIc at the end of 1942. I have his Bible which was given to him Christmas 1942 in Oflag IIIc.
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CSM Frank Brewer My uncle was a POW in Oflag IIIC (POW No. 864). I have a photograph of him and 23 prisoners dated 6th January 1943.
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