NAME | Kay | Christopher John |
RANK | IN GREECE
Gunner |
ON DEMOB
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SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
902362 |
PRISONER
7811 |
UNIT | IN GREECE
424 Bty, 106th Lancashire Hussars (Yeomanry) Regt RHA |
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ACTIVE
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IN GREECE
March – 26/27 April 1941 |
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METHOD OF DEPARTURE | Captured & transferred (or vice-versa) to 26th Brit Gen Hosp, Kiffisia, Athens | |
POW CAMPS
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IN GREECE
N/K |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
Stalag XVIIID, Marberg; Stalag XVIIIB, Spittal and/or Wagna; Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfsberg Stalag XVIIIC, Markt Pongau ArbKdos; see Note 4 below |
NOTES
1 Source family communication. 2 Same Unit as Doug Arthur, author of “Forty Men & Eight Horses” & “Desert Watch”. See these sources for detailed account of 106th participation in North Africa & Greece prior to capture and typical PoW experience post capture. 3 Same unit as Jack Swinnerton & Frank Moss – see their Archives for more detail. 4 Possibly in one or more ArbKdo Camps with Doug Arthur at Knittelfeld, Murau, Stadl & Sankt Lambrecht with Dai Davies MM OBE (author of “All for Freedom”). 5 Made several escape attempts from XVIIIA and ArbKdos.
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