| NAME | Bardsley | Eric |
| RANK | IN GREECE
Signalman |
ON DEMOB
Signalman, Scottish Command Signals, released 10 May 1946 |
| SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
2336907 |
PRISONER
1037 |
| UNIT | IN GREECE
Royal Corps of Signals |
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| ACTIVE
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IN GREECE
4 – 28 April 1941 |
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| METHOD OF DEPARTURE
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Captured at Tolos 28 April and taken to Navplion | |
| POW CAMPS
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IN GREECE
Corinth & Salonka |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
Stalag XVIIIA Wolfsberg ArbKdo 7010/GW at Weissenbach a/d Enns, 11025/GW at Villach & 1038/GW at Friedberg |
| NOTES & SOURCES
Author of “Barbed Wire & Balkans” Unusually – Eric Bardsley decided to ‘decline’ the march north to the Markt Pongau – Salzberg area as the Russians approached eastern Austria in March 1945. He and some others stayed hidden in the countryside around Friedberg until it was liberated by the Russians. He eventually made his way home via Odessa on the Black Sea coast. Died 22 March 2019 aged 99. STORY We are pleased to share with you the story of Eric Bardsley from the information we have in our Archive. Please click on the headings/links below which will take you to the relevant PDF file. Please note we are sharing the contents of our Archive in good faith and in the spirit of the veterans asking us to “Tell Them We Were Here”. The copyright rests with the original authors (as credited), the families and/ or The Brotherhood of the Greek Veterans. Please contact us at greekveterans@gmail.com if you have any issues or concerns.
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