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World War Two / Re: WW2 POW
« on: Sunday 30 May 10 14:22 BST (UK)  »
Glasgow are slow aren't they.  And I do agree about the Red Cross.  Apart from their work now I'm sure my father and others would have starved at the rate the Russian prisoners did without them.

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World War Two / Re: WW2 POW
« on: Saturday 29 May 10 23:07 BST (UK)  »
I've noticed a couple of posts saying you can't get service records unless you are next of kin.  Sometimes you can.  For deceased service personnel, provided they died at least 25 years ago you can get the full record, but minimal details only if they have been dead for a shorter time.  There is a different form to fill in, but it's clearly labelled as "general enquiry" rather than "next-of-kin" enquiry on the records website.  I've done it and it works.

Hope this helps someone.

Since I'm here, I don't suppose anyone remembers anything about two Royal Welch Fusiliers captured at St Venant in May 1940 and taken to Stalag XXA?  They were John Hugh Edwards and Llewelyn Lewis, cousins from Merionethshire.  Both were Welsh speaking, and Llewelyn Lewis wrote poetry in Welsh in the camp.  He died in Stalag XXA in September 1941.



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