Tudor William D R

NAME Tudor William Douglas Ronald
RANK IN GREECE

1   Private (Cheshire Yeomanry)

2  Sergeant (RCSigs)

ON DEMOB

 

SERIAL NUMBER SERVICE

556930

PRISONER

7577

UNIT IN GREECE

SORS GHQ ME

ACTIVE

 

IN GREECE

March – 28 April 1941

METHOD OF DEPARTURE Captured/surrendered at Kalamata,  29 April 1941
POW CAMPS

 

IN GREECE

Dulags 185,Corinth & 183, Salonika

IN OCCUPIED EUROPE

Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfsberg;

Stalag XVIIIB, Wagna or Spittal?

Stalag XVIIID, Marberg.

 

ArbKdo 99/L, Bernstein;

ArbKdo 522/L, Oberwart

NOTES

Source:  Daughter (Vanessa)

“During his time at Bernstein he was a friend of George Brown* whose prisoner number is one away from my Dad and George was my Dads best man at his wedding.

. . . sometime during his time the Cheshire Yeomanry was disbanded and he was appointed to the Royal Signals.

Born 24 / 9 / 1917

Discharged 10 / 11 / 1950 as medically unfit

Died 25 / 12 / 1971.

Archivist’s Note:   *This is Sgt George Brown of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, father of Ian Brown who started the excellent and monumental “Stalag 18A” website in his father’s honour.  Where would we be without them?

STORY

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W D R Tudor Foreword

W D R Tudor Pre Greece

W D R Tudor Greek Campaign

W D R Tudor Post Greece

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