Howsley Douglas ‘Doug’

NAME Howsley Douglas T ‘Doug’
RANK IN GREECE

Private

ON DEMOB

 

SERIAL NUMBER SERVICE

163160

PRISONER

7858

UNIT IN GREECE

RASC, 211 Coy

ACTIVE

 

IN GREECE

March – April 1941

METHOD OF DEPARTURE

 

Captured in Crete
POW CAMPS

 

IN GREECE

Possibly Athens & Salonika

IN OCCUPIED EUROPE

Stalag 18A

ArbKdo 1379/L St Margarethen am der Raab

Escaped 1945

NOTES

Same unit as Harry Fridkin, Eric Barnes and Cyril Crawford – see their archive folders for details of 211 Coy movements.

STORY

We are pleased to share with you the story of Douglas ‘Doug’ Howsley from the information we have in our Archive. Please click on the headings/links below which will take you to the relevant PDF file.

Doug Howsley Foreword

Doug Howsley Pre Greece

Doug Howsley Greek Campaign

Doug Howsley Post Greece

Doug Howsley Post Script

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