A small number of RAF non-commissioned officers who were shot down in the second half of 1941 spent a few weeks there. Clacton-on-Sea Church (My Pilot) The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. As of Oct 2021, there are no relevant items in the Archive. Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. Before the end of the war he was transfered to Marlag & Milag Nor, a Naval camp; how he was made to travel there we do not know, it's a pity PCs were not around years ago. 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. *The names on the lists might not all be listed individually yet on the alphabetical list below (it takes a long time to do this). The lucky ones got far enough to the west to be liberated by the American army. At that time 1957 John Mayhead came over to visit some of his POW friends, he from New Zealand, but dad had passed on at that time already. Norton Cottages The site was chosen because the sandy soil made tunnelling difficult for prisoners of war to dig tunnels. The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Cardiff, 22nd Jul 1942 Our collection contains a wealth of material to help you research and find your connection with the wartime experiences of the brave men and women who served in Australia's military forces. Pte. Also known as Stalag 344, and connected to Stalag IV b/z and Stalag VIII-d. 64,000 POWs in 1944 with 150 officers and 13,625 being British. A part of Stalag VIII-B was separated by building new barbed-wire fences, designated Stalag Luft VIII-B. Len Walker She received a letter from Mr. C. Earl who was a medical orderly at the camp and who, along with another man J. Watson, identified Joe's body when it was brought into the guardroom. Henry Dufour Barnsley It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. The presence of the prison camp is said to have shielded the town of Barth from Allied bombing. The camp was created in 1941 as the base camp for a number of work-camps (Arbeitskommando) for prisoners of war working in the mines and industries of Upper Silesia. Among the sub-camps of Stalag VIII-D Teschen were: From 21 January 1945, many of the prisoners, particularly British and Commonwealth, were marched through Nazi-occupied Czech lands to Stalag XIII-C in Bavaria or Stalag XIII-D Nrnberg. The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. stone quarry, E138 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ratibor. cement factory, E196 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Opoleonoora. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Corrections and integrations. Newcastle upon Tyne, 17th Jun 1942 The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. Lawrence intended this montage was intended to commemorate the work of Judd Lawson (whose prewar portrait is incorporated in the montage). Batley Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The unlucky ones got "liberated" by the Soviets, who instead of turning them over quickly to the western allies, held them as virtual hostages for several more months. The Archive team would love to hear from you. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. qw Basic: $26 a month Shopify: $71 a month Advanced: $235 a month ii xj Liberated April 22, 1945. If you have any unwanted By 1943, the famous camp for Allied flight personnel in Sagan - Stalag Luft III - had become so overcrowded that about 1,000, mostly non-commissioned flight personnel, were transferred to Lamsdorf. Canada, Armand Rondeau It was located in the area of the former Camp II (Lager II), initially referred to as a camp of field artillery (Feldlager). Dudley W. Attwood The Wehrmacht closed POW camp E715 on January 21, 1945 forcing the British POWs to undertake a forced march to Stalag VII-A at Moosburg in Germany. 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. New South Wales Forest Gate Staffs, 1st Dec 1943 Staffs, 29th Jul 1942 In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. It saw almost a century of misery. E411 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohenzollerngrube Beuthen. MG Jenkins 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment, Pte. The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. sawmill, E389 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Rudgershagen. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. Canada, R. P. M. Vander Heyden (Rein) Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. I mixed with the civilian population at Auschwitz. Dad had one of their recordings. Royal Tank Regiment, Rifleman Alec Jay Queen Victoria's Rifles 9th London Regiment. Stalag Prisoners of War of the Germans A group of POWs at Stalag Luft 1 This part of the website is currently being rebuilt and is not yet fully functioning. Robert Henry Sharp 1st Lothian Edinburgh Horse Yeomanry. Stalag Luft 1Usef for: Stalag Luft 1, Stalag Luft i, Stalag Luft I, Barth camp, Opened in July 1940 Stalag Luft 1 was the first of the Stalag Luft camps run by the Luftwaffe to hold captured Allied aircrew. Three days earlier, the inmates of Monowitz had been sent on their own death march to Gleiwitz near the Czech border where they boarded trains to Buchenwald in Germany and Mauthausen in Austria. My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Montreal A. Potter Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Laband E110 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Stauwerder E114 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Kunzendorf. In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. Worsbrough Dale In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. Manor House Rd Bradford Road West Norton The whole camp covered the area of 230m x 290m. Sgt. The J.H. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942 The camp was liberated by the Russians in May 1945 and the 7,588 American and 1,351 British and Canadian prisoners were evacuated. Y Yithers It is not clear which battalion Robert served with however it is more probable that it was the 1st Battalion which formed part of the final defence force around the Dunkirk beaches. Powell Ave. Prisoners of War. Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UKs exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located. If you are interested in the full range of licenses available for this material, please contact the Media Sales & Licensing Team. In November 1943 there was another reorganization, Lamsdorf was renamed "Stalag 344", and a large number of prisoners were transferred to Teschen, which became Stalag VIII-B. This list does not claim to be definitive. Johnnie Shanks Andrew Jeffrey Evinou 4th Btn. Although the British POWs received better treatment than the concentration camp prisoners, they only received slightly more food. Ross-on-Wye Gordon D Pepper This series of separate marches from individual camps is collectively known as the long march. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. Dulag Luft was used for interrogating Allied aircrew who could be held in solitary confinement whilst being questioned for a week or two but some were held for up to 28 days. Not only do I recognize a number of the poems that Dad had in his diary but names as well. Kings Heath railway building, E494 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz Ost, E535 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz West. Reginald Ryder The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. [4] Because of these organizational and number changes there is considerable confusion in accounts of prisoners, even in official German records. There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. Tpr. There were less than 200 survivors found. [5] The Czech people in the villages and towns, through which they passed, passed food and clothing to them. Trpr. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. For a few cigarettes he pointed out to me the various places where they had the gas chambers and the places where they took them down to be cremated. East Barnet E288 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b sugar beet factory Bauerwitz, E30 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Cement factory, E324 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Dubrnsko, E357 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tunneling Peitskretschen, E364 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gross Strelitz, E373 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Blaschke, Czechoslovakia. Required fields are marked *. Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. Joseph Gribben Princess Louise Battalion Middlesex Regiment (d.27th Mar 1942). The South Lancashires held the far left of the British line, west of Nieuport, the Loyals occupied the fortified town of Bergues on the right, while the East Lancashires plugged a gap in the centre of the line along the Bergues Canal. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. Dad died in 1957 at age 40, he was damaged coming back from the war PTS a word that came from the Vietnam era, but in those days you sucked it up and most never talked about it again, we basically grew up without a father. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommando) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan (modern agan and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tn). Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Oppeln. If you'd like to get in touch with us regarding Arthur's Wartime Log please feel free to e-mail darren@bluelight.biz, Below are messages we have kindly received regarding POWs in, Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. Baitford The South Lancashires held the far left of the British line, west of Nieuport, the Loyals occupied the fortified town of Bergues on the right, while the East Lancashires plugged a gap in the centre of the line along the Bergues Canal. Stalag 8BUsef for: Stalag VIII-B, Stalag vii-b, Stalag-344, Lamsdorf camp. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. When Dad left IIIA while in the Soviet control one of his mates was Joe Hunt. Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a notorious German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. He was tortured by the Under Officer in charge of his first working party (Groschowitz/ Groszowice) to find out if he was a Jew. D Gardiner Robert Stoker paper mill, E88 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hohrnlohehutte, E902 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine, E91 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mittenbruck Silesia. Arcadian Buffet During winter 1944/45, as the Red Army was closing fast, the Germans decided to evacute the camp (which became a transfer point for the prisoners from Auschwitz and other camps) and forced the prisoners into columns of 500 men each. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. High Street Photograph taken by C E Chetwin. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. CQSM Sidney Cecil Lawrie 1/12, 2/13, 5/13, 5/16, 6/16, 7/16 and also this link: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results/?CemeteryExact=true&Cemetery=KRAKOW%20RAKOWICKI%20CEMETERY, The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Regiment, 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, POWs sent from Italian POW camp PG 82 Laterina to Lamsdorf 22 July 1943, Keith Bruce Chisholm (see pages 6-15 of this document), Eric W. Lawson(see also Thomas Wilfred Clive Lawson), Thomas Wilfred Clive Lawson (see also Eric W. Lawson), Charles Amos George Victor (Vic) Petersen. please She gave us a copy of the Translation of the Deposition of W.J. 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