Messages posted by: GUY

Pete,
The Pow references all are extracted from;

WO 392/1 - 'Germany & German Occupied Territories, Imperial Prisoners of War; Section 1 - British Army. September 1944.

Later casualty lists refer to 2 Commando.

Guy

SCHOFIELD Dudley Raymond Lt. D.S.O. 74801 Royal Fusiliers
31.10.1919 Hambledon, Surrey - 4Q 1997 Spalding, Lincolnshire
OFLAG IX A/Z Rotenburg An Der Fulda

DE NOBRIGA Derrick John Sgt. D.C.M. 6896540 K.R.R.C.
17.8.1919 Lambeth - 2Q 2006 Reading, Berkshire
Stalag 344 Lamsdorf Pow No. 220792

BROWN Robert Hall L/Sgt. M.M. 2879761 Gordon Highlanders
1913 Edinburgh - 20.4. 1952 Jedburgh
Stalag 344 Lamsdorf

MORRIS Luke John Cpl. M.M. 7014390 Royal Ulster Rifles
15.3.1919 - 3Q 1980 Fulham
Stalag 344 Lamsdorf
(London Gazette lists Regiment as R.A.S.C., casualty list states R.U.R.)

MORGAN Francis Cecil L/Cpl. M.M. 6468099 Royal Fusiliers
16.2.1917 - 2Q 1992 Enfield
Stalag 344 Lamsdorf

ANDREWS Albert Mailly Rfm. M.M. 6916421 Rifle Brigade
18.2.1917 - 18.2.1979 London
Stalag VIIIB Teschen

DAVIES H. Cpl. London Scottish

Addition to the party :

FERGUSON John Ronald Alexander L/Cpl. M.M. 2880192 Gordon Highlanders
1915 - 2007 Jedburgh
Escaped from Campo 102 L'Aquilla on 12th September 1943 (Escape & Evaders WO208/5396 Report No. IT/AF/584)
Military Medal London Gazette 27th April 1944 p. 1927

I have been unable to find any reference to Cpl.H.DAVIES London Scottish.
With the inclusion of L/Cpl Ferguson it makes an eight man team. (Folbot 4 x 2 man teams?)

RICKWOOD Ronald Leslie Pte. 4754532 7th Green Howards
25th February 1920 West Ham, Essex - 4Q 2006 Waltham Forest

Ron is serving with the 7 Green Howards when he is listed as missing on Sicily 18th July 1943 (War Office casualtly list 1228}
He appears to have gone missing in fighting after the capture of the Primosole Bridge.

Later, "Now reported not missing" (War Office casaulty list 1234)

7 Green Howards were part of the 69 Infantry Brigade of 50th Northumbrian Divison. On the evening of the 17/18th July they moved into the bridgehead beyond the Primosole Bridge to reinforce the Durham Light Infantry of the 151st Infantry Brigade. The 6th, 8th & 9th D.L.I. had been involved in the battle for Primosole Bridge (14-17th July 1943)

DENHOLM Alistair Robert Captain 224002 Royal Artillery (Field)
Born : 1922 Birkenhead, Cheshire
Enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1940 as a Gunner 1103764
Posted to the 12th Field Training Regiment
Commissioned 17th January 1942 (London Gazette 6.2.1942 p. 603)

John WALSH
Birth Year 1919
Died 1Q 1951 Age 32 Bradford, Yorkshire

316217 SMITH Lawrence George Sergeant R.A.C. & 7 Commando
Born : 11th August 1913 Dublin, Ireland
Enlisted : 28th October 1927 aged 14 years and 2 months
Trade on enlistment : Musician
Captured during the raid on Bardia, Libya, 20th April 1941
P.O.W. Stalag VIIIA Görlitz
Transferred to the Household Cavalry 22nd August 1945

The younger brother :
316722 SMITH Norman Edward Alfred Sgt. 17/21st Lancers R.A.C.
Born : 18th September 1915 Kildare, Wicklow, Ireland
Enlisted : 15th October 1929 Age 14
Died of wounds : 26th April 1943 Tunisia

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2197063/smith,-norman-edward-alfred/

Richmond Barracks, Dublin, Ireland

http://www.richmondbarracks.ie/

Nick,
4343934 DICKINSON G. W. Lance Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment & 6 Commando
Wounded in action in North Africa 6th January 1943

He was also wounded serving with 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, as part of the B.E.F. in France on the 18th May 1940
The surname has been misspelt as DICKENSON, and only one initial.
Guy

Colclough escaped via Switzerland. Attached is the file reference for his iliberation interview.

First name(s) G D
Last name Colclough
Service number 5726964
Rank Private
Regiment Sbs (Dorsets)
Unit or regiment Sbs (Dorsets)
Year 1942
Date of capture 1942-09-30
Prison camp or ship -
Interviewed in Switzerland 1943-10-06
Conflict World War 2
Country Great Britain
Series WO208/4245
The National Archives series WO208
Series name POW - Escape via Switzerland - report
The National Archives piece number 4245

Cheryl, Nick
Frank Eaton enlisted in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (5950653 around May 1939) prior to being transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
There is a record of him serving as a Lance Corporal with No.2 Commando.
Guy

14491859 RENSHAW Ronald Walter Frank (Born : 1926 Islington, London)
Commissioned 2nd Lt. 372852 in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers 21st July 1946 (London Gazette 29th October 1946 p. 5296)

GrahamCooper wrote:
Not sure if this helps or not,I have a reference to a Cpl,Charles (Rocky),STONE,44 RM Cdo,of Cannington,Somerset.

He has been shown as a dispatch rider.(not confirmed)

In March 1997 it is noted that his death was reported.

Like I said earlier not sure if this is the same STONE,

Charles Victor STONE
Born : 21.5.1923 Bridgwater, Somerset
Died : 3 Q 1996 Sedgemoor, Somerset.

Pete & Stein,
Both men have a South Staffordshire Regiment cap badge. I believe that they were attached to 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment of the 1st Airborne Division. The 1st Airborne Divison were deployed to Norway during Operation Doomsday, they were to oversee the surrender of German forces.

https://paradata.org.uk/events/norway-operation-doomsday

Leslie Ernest Whipps portrait from 1943.
Rest in peace

Hi Nick,
Sorry, I forgot to add that!

1654813 L/Sgt. Iorweth Cyrus Thomas Royal Artillery (H.A.A.)

Guy

Lance Sergeant Iorweth Cyrus Thomas enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1940. He volunteered for Commando training and joined 3 Commando.
He was a Section Leader in 6 Troop, 3 Commando and landed in the second wave at Agnone on 13/14th July 1943. The objective of the landing was the capture of Punta Dei Malati, which carried Highway 114 over the Leonardo river.
When 3 Commando's position became untenable due to heavy German counter-attacks, they were forced to make a fighting withdrawal from the bridge.
Your uncle was taken prisoner during this withdrawal on the morning of the 14th July.
He was initially sent to Capua 66 and was then transferred to Stalag IVB Mühlberg, Germany. He remained there until liberated on the 17th April 1945.