POW in Stalag XXB - advice please

[AndrenaSilk]

I would very much like to read these accounts.  Can you please tell me where I can find them?
Thank you

[AndrenaSilk]

I have found some on Amazon and I will look in my University library thanks 

[tim091]

This is a great source for used books:

https://www.abebooks.com/

[AndrenaSilk]

Thank you very much I will definitely check it out. 

[Parky25]

Hi all I’m new to all of this research business and was wondering if anyone could help me find out a little more about my grandad.

His name was Matthew Parkin and the info I have is as follows.

Camp M Stammlager XXB (stalag 15)

K.G.F. No 8480

He was in the Argyll and southerland highlanders and was sent over with the expeditionary force. He was sent to Belgium and was chased to farm house where the Nazis caught him. He was sent to the camp and after 4 years collapsed and after a near beating the commandant sent him to the camp doctor who said he had angina. The German doc said he should never have been enlisted! Anyway he ended up being repatriated in 1944 due to his ill health.
So just wondering as I can’t find any records on line, also I’m not sure if I can get a copy of his medals sent out as they got lost years ago.
Thanks in advance for any help.

[tim091]

Hi Parky25.

Stalag xxb (not 15) was Marienburg in Poland and was a admin central hub for many work camps (lagers or Arbeitskommandos). These were each known by an "E" number so maybe the "stalag 15" that you have is E15?

If he was repatriated due to ill health then there a very good chance his Red Cross record will be available.

You can apply for that here https://www.icrc.org/en/document/request-information-about-individuals-detained-during-second-world-war-or-spanish-civil-war-quota but not until 23rd September when they re-open requests. Suggestions are that you need to be quick as there is only a small window before they stop accepting requests.

You can apply for his military service record here: https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records

Most returning POWs filled out an Mi9 questionnaire and these are available in the Public Records Office. I used https://www.arcre.com/ to find one for my relative at a very reasonable cost (no affiliation, just a happy customer!).

[Parky25]

Thank you for the reply. I have sent a PM

[BumbleB]

Parky25 - welcome to Rootschat.

Please amend your e-mail address - remove @ and replace with "space at space".  E-mail addresses are not allowed on Rootschat to avoid spamming.

[cardboard]

Hi, tim091

A book that contains prisoner of war experience at Stalag XXA at Thorn and a satellite working party at Bromberg, now Bydgoszcz, and a state farm in East Prussia, along with gruesome mention of a Russian POW camp near Thorn, and can be found on Amazon Books, is,

The Memoirs of Private James Peters 1939 - 1945       ISBN: 798-0-244-31799-7

Cardboard