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Title: Ukrainian POWs
Post by: AliMacD on Wednesday 14 December 16 14:12 GMT (UK)

Hi all,
I am trying to research a Ukrainian who is believed to have been held at Victoria Camp in Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. He passed away in the 1970s. He may also have been held at Britannia Barracks (Mousehold Heath POW Camp) in Norwich. I am aware that many of the POW at Victoria Camp were part of the Ukrainian 14 Galician Division, but I do not know if he was. There is a list of those held at Rimini, which is still classified and held at the National Archives in Kew.
My questions are, does anyone know where to find POW nominal rolls for Rimini, Victoria or Mousehold Heath Camps or those members of the 14th Galician Division?
Thanks,
Ali

Title: Re: Ukrainian POWs
Post by: scrimnet on Wednesday 14 December 16 14:46 GMT (UK)

If he stayed in the UK, and was naturalised, its worth looking at the naturalisation papers at Kew...

Title: Re: Ukrainian POWs
Post by: AliMacD on Wednesday 14 December 16 14:58 GMT (UK)

Thanks scrimnet. I am aware he had an alien registration. Would he have naturalisation papers too?
Ali

Title: Re: Ukrainian POWs
Post by: scrimnet on Wednesday 14 December 16 15:02 GMT (UK)

Possibly...Worth a dig...

Title: Re: Ukrainian POWs
Post by: scrimnet on Wednesday 14 December 16 15:03 GMT (UK)

Kew may be reticent to release, but my ex and I had great success a couple of years back with such a case...

Title: Re: Ukrainian POWs
Post by: Mike Melnyk on Wednesday 14 December 16 18:30 GMT (UK)

Hi

I wrote 3 books on this unit which my father served with

Send me an email directly

Email addy removed due to Rootschat rules...

And I'll help

Best wishes

Mike melnyk

Title: Re: Ukrainian POWs
Post by: scrimnet on Wednesday 14 December 16 18:43 GMT (UK)

Quote from: Mike Melnyk on Wednesday 14 December 16 18:30 GMT (UK)

Hi

I wrote 3 books on this unit which my father served with

Send me an email directly



And I'll help

Best wishes

Mike melnyk

Marvellous...But pse dont put your email on an open forum where any oik could copy...Pse send by PM.... ;)

Title: Re: Ukrainian POWs
Post by: Mike Melnyk on Wednesday 14 December 16 18:49 GMT (UK)

Ok :)

Title: Re: Ukrainian POWs
Post by: Mike Melnyk on Wednesday 14 December 16 19:38 GMT (UK)

Hi Ali

My books are To Battle, On the Eastern Front and Stalins Nemesis. You'll find them all on Amazon

I live abt 2 miles away from the site of the former mousehold camp. I spent 25 years researching this unit and very happy to help however I can

Mike Melnyk

Title: Re: Ukrainian POWs
Post by: Poultney24 on Saturday 17 August 24 23:09 BST (UK)

Hi all,

I have recently been doing some ancestry research on my Mother's Ukrainian biological Father (she was adopted). From the information that we have it looks possible that he may have been a POW in the UK from Galicia Division and remained in the UK in to the 1950's.

Does anybody have any advice on how to cross reference his name with the 'Rimini List'?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance