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WW2 PRISONERS

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Terry

Terry Report 4 Apr 2011 21:18

HI.
IS THERE A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GET THE NAMES OF PRISONERS OF WAR,IE TRIPOLI,ITALY-TO GERMANY.
MANY THANKS TERRY

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 4 Apr 2011 21:36

Ancestry has this database:


British Army Prisoners of War, 1939-1945
This database contains a listing of World War II British Army prisoners of war (POW). Information provided about them includes:
Name

Rank

Army number

Regiment

POW number

Camp type

Camp number

Camp location

Record office

Record Office number

Notes

The Geneva Convention of 1929 established the rules for the treatment of prisoners of war that were used in World War II. Over 100,000 soldiers of the British Army were captured during this war and placed in prisoner of war camps. There were two types of POW camps run by the Germans that soldiers of the British Army were assigned to. These were:
Oflag – camp for officers

Stalag – camp for enlisted personnel

There were separate camps for navy, aircrews, and civilians.
The German camps were named according to a numbering system, beginning with a Roman numeral representing the military district the camp was located in. Following the Roman numeral could be a letter. This letter represented a specific camp within the military district. If the camp was a sub-camp, “/Z” was then appended to the end of the number. If the camp was a main camp, then the “/H” was appended to the end of the number. You will see this nomenclature in the “Camp number” field of this database.

Researching:
Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.

Terry

Terry Report 4 Apr 2011 21:42

Thank you Jonesey.
I will check it out.

Valerie

Valerie Report 5 Apr 2011 15:24

May I ask whether that will include WW11 South African POWs?

Researching:
Fellows: Henley on Thames, Southampton, Joynt Co. Mayo Ireland.

Jonesey

Jonesey Report 5 Apr 2011 15:53

Valerie,

I doubt that South African POW's will be included as they were not in the British Army although of course their units were under the command of the British 8th Army during the Italian campaign

Researching:
Don't put off until tomorrow doing what you can do today. If you like doing it today you can do it again tomorrow. Be kind to your children for it is they who will decide which care home you end up in.

Valerie

Valerie Report 5 Apr 2011 16:31


Thanks Jonesey. I was rather clutching at straws.

Researching:
Fellows: Henley on Thames, Southampton, Joynt Co. Mayo Ireland.