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My grandfather also only mentioned XXb but on receiving his ICRC red Cross records found he was in 4 camps, the last of which was XXb

hi there i am new to this and would like a little help, not sure if im posting on the wrong post but here goes,

im looking for some info on my grandad who was a pow in stalag xxb, we know he was made to work on a farm but not much else, i have the following details
Name: J. Burke
Rank: Private
Army Number: 891020
Regiment: Gordon Highlanders
POW Number: 16483
Camp Type: Stalag
Camp Number: XX-B
Camp Location: Malbork, Poland
he never spoke much about the war but i am on a quest to find out what he went through he was a fantastic man,

kind regards
michael

Hi, Did you ever solve the Badges G.D or R issue?

I had some help from facebook forum (so thought I'd add detail....)

The G badge is a good conduct stripe (G= Good, D= detention R=Run

Other odd terms terms clarrified:
TB  meaning Training Battallion
SC ships company
DD Discharged Dead

Hi I've just found out that an ancestor "William Robert Wallace PRIDMORE" was sent to the Guardian School after his mum disappeared and father was in active war service in France

parents details
[p1]William George PRIDMORE:           b.12/4/1880  d. 5/7/1957
[p2]Grace Annie LEE:                         b.abt 1888,  d. > 125 years

children
[c1]William Robert Wallace PRIDMORE:   b.14/2/1908  d. 12/17/1931 R.N.-HMS Dolphin
[c2]Louisa Mary PRIDMORE:                  b.6/9/1912   d. /1998
[c3]Jessie Grace PRIDMORE                  b.2/3/1915   d.21/12/2001

carer (aunt) of [c2, c3]
[x1] Rebecca Jane JONES (nee PRIDMORE) b.14/3/1874 (sister to [p1]), (had daug. named Grace) (addr: 17 Ann Street, Islington)

Information Known:
ref 1. [c1,c2,c3] admitted to St Johns Read Workhouse 13JAN1916, last known address for each is different.  last known address for [c1] was Holloway Prison, which is odd for a boy age 7 given its a womens prison

ref 2. [c1,c2,c3] discharged from St Johns Road Workhouse 14JAN1916 and ordered to the Receiving Home

ref 3. [c1,c2,c3] admitted to Hornsey Rise Receiving home 14JAN1916, last known address for mother given as unknown

ref 4. [c1] discharged from Hornsey Rise Receiving Home and placed in Guardian School 22JAn1916

ref 5. I have a photo of the father in Royal Engineers uniform with [c3] about 13-15m old with all 3 children [c1,c2,c3]  So I guess it must have been best for [c1] to remain in the school as the aunt [x1] already had 4 other children, and only took on two more -[c2,c3]

ref6. Family recollection, was that they were not in the home long, and father [p1] was given leave from the ARMY to sort out his family, and "Aunt Ginnie" [x1] took the two girls into her care until the father [p1] finished the war and remarried in 1925.

(PS : I am in Australia, and unable to visit in person in the near future)

Any info on William Robert PRIDMORE would be greatly appreciated

Cheers
Ian