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LaPlante, Bernard P.
Lacki, Edmund (aka Szwemin)
Lager Bezeichnung m. Stammlager
VIII B Italag
Lake, Albert
Lambert, Joseph
Lambert, Thomas Albert
Landragon, Thomas Wright Scott
Lane, W.C.N. (Stalag XVIIIC)
Lane, Thomas Samuel
Lansford, Jack Lewis L.
Lavender, Henry William
Law, William
Leach, Alan
Leach, Thomas Henry
Leader, Clarrie
Leaney, Alfred James
Leduc, (Captain)
Lee, Walter Edwin
Leech, Clifford Bassil
Leggatt, Donald
Leggett,
Victor
Leighton, Frederick (Joe)
Lennox,
James Barr
Leonard, Llewellyn
Lessing, Chris
Lewis, Dick "Tiger"
Little, William Thomas Stanley
Littlebury, Alfred George
Lodge, Frank
Lodge, Frank
(The two Frank's above are different people)
Loen,
Floor
Longster, George Smith
Lupson, George Henry
Floor
is looking to find her father. Here is some information
on her:
"I
am 57 years old. I was born on July 14, 1945, in a reception
house for unmarried women called "a maternity clinic"
in Breda, The Netherlands. During the War, my mother,
Johanna de Grout (now 81), lived with her parents on Voorterweg
in Eindhoven. In October 1944 she became pregnant with
me. My father was a member of British 30 Corps which liberated
Eindhoven. I have never met him nor do I know his name. All
I do know is that he had reddish hair and he will now be about
the same age as my mother, maybe a little older.
I am hoping that I may yet get to meet him. I realise that
30 Corps had many soldiers, but I live in hope. So, can you
help? Were you a member of 30 Corps? Do you remember
any of your friends talking about a Johanna de Grout?"
You
can visit Floors website
directly where you will find more information and pictures
that may jog memories. You can also contact Floor
or her cousin, Michel
Janssen directly.
Bernard
P. LaPlante was with the 168 Engineer Combat Battallion from
the battle of Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge, where he
was captured on the 21 December 1944 at St. Vith, Belgium.
He was liberated on 11 May 1945 by the Russian army and flown
back to Camp Lucky Strike in France. He stayed there a couple
of weeks and then boarded a liberty ship back to New York
and home for a 60 day recuperation leave. He was sent to camp
Myles Standish until 27 October when he went to camp Edwards
on the Cape and was finally discharged on 28 October 1945.
Ian
Lane's father, WCN Lane (deceased), was a prisoner in this
camp in 1944/45 after being captured at Arnhem. He was a corporal
in 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment.
He remembered at least one other airborne prisoner being there
as well. He remembered having to work on the railway lines
at Klagenfurt.
The
full ID of the camp (from an official postcard) was M.-Stammlager
317 (XVIII C).
Was
anybody else at this camp or did anyone know Corporal Lane?
Ian
is also interested to hear from anyone with information about
'B' Company 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment especially
during the Arnhem action.
Please
contact Ian directly.
Nicki
is trying to find two people, one a definite family member.
Victor Leggett and Malcolm Phillips both lived in Aldershot
in the 60's and 70's. Nicki recently heard that Victor Leggett
lives in Farnborough now. They would both be in their late
50's to early 60's.
Anyone
know of these two people? If so, please contact Nicki
directly.
Dick
"Tiger" Lewis
Kathy's
father, 'Tiger' Dick Lewis of the Leicester Regiment was captured
by the Italians on 17th November 1941. He was taken to a camp
in Italy, she believes, PG 29 Viano.
Kathy
would like any information on this camp. Dick was there for
approximately 2 years before he escaped and was then in two
different camps in Germany.
If
you can help, please contact Kathy
George
Henry Lupson (aka Darkie Boy)
Hayley
is looking for any information regarding her grandad, Sergeant
George Henry Lupson, PoW number 11755. He was in one of the
Stalag camps between 1939-1945.
He
was a bare knuckle boxer and his nickname was "Darkie
Boy" and he was imprisoned with an actor called Sam Kidd.
George
sadly passed away in 1977.
If
you can help with any information, please contact Hayley
Frederick
Angus Leighton
Barbara's
grandfather, Frederick Angus Leighton (known as Joe), was
with the Black Watch along side Harry Dalby
and is the forth on the left in the middle row in the picture.
Barbara
is awaiting Frederick's service records but she does know
that he was in Stalag 1B, Camp 4A, Hohenstein, Poland.
Barbara
would appreciate any information on this camp or anyone else
who knew him.
Like
Michele's grandfather, Frederick was captured at St Valery
and as far as she knows, Stalag 1B was the only camp he was
in.
If
anyone has any information or remembers him, please email
Barbara
 Barbara
provided me with the following update in March 2005:
"...very
recently I recieved an email from a lady in France whose grandfather
was also captured at ST Vallery when mine was. He was also
in the same PoW camp Stalag 1B from 1940/1945. She has very
kindly sent me photos of the camp and gave me quite a lot
of information about it. She herself visited the former PoW
camp last summer. I have searched the net for months on info
on this camp but found nothing. The only info I have been
able to gather is that there were not that many British PoWs
there - they were nearly all French. This will explain why
the info was very limited. The lady herself does not speak
any English but her husband does so they both have helped
me greatly. Incidently she has her own site
but as yet it is not in English."
Barbara
has also sent me the Stalag IB document,
a plan of the camp and a photograph.
"...I
have also been advised to get a copy of a book called Henri
Laloux, Avril 1945, libere par l'Armee rouge. Apparently this
book is about the author who was in Stalag 1b at the same
time as my grandfather. The photos the French lady sent me
came from this book. However Ihave tried to obtain this book
but it is not available here and also it is published in French
so as i can not speak it would be no good for me."
Edmund
Szwemin
Mr/s
Lacki is trying to find information on their grandfather,
Edmund Szwemin, who was born in Poland in 1921.
He
was captured in 1944 at Normandy and taken to No19 PoW camp
but s/he cannot find any records of this camp.
He
then enlisted in the Polish Army under British Command with
the assumed name Edmund Lacki.
If
you can help, please email K. Lacki
Jack
Lewis L. Lansford
James
and Dorothy are looking for information on Jack Lansford who
was from Waco, Texas and was in the 200th cac (New Mexico
National Guard unit). This unit had only 200-300 'out-of-staters'
so could be something people would remember.
The
details they have are as follows:
"200th" CAC Reg Hqt
"200th" Cecil Uzzel/Jake Light, all neighbors
Escaped Bataan, surrendered Corregidor
Bilibid/Cabanatuan/ Taga Maru
Died 14 January 1944 - Niigata 5b, Japan
When
James was 12,
his mother took him to a small church so that they could talk
to Cecil Uzzel about Jack. Sam Boswell, Cecil Uzzel, Jake
Willie Light and Cecils' uncle Cisco (or Sisco) (59\60th cac
Corr) all survived to return home. Cecil told James of how
his uncle carried his bags of coal for him so that he might
survive to get his whole rations. He had fallen off of the
trestle 20-40 ft. and badly injured his back.
If you know of any of these people or the regiment, please
email James
Thomas
Henry Leach
Tony
is looking for information on his grandfather, Thomas Henry
Leach, date of birth 14 March 1919.
Thomas was a Fireman and Trimmer on the Port Wellington. His
PoW Number was 88501, Milag. Discharge Book Number R138918.
He was a PoW until end of the War.
He
came from Roman Road, East Ham, London, E6 and whilst he was
in Milag he ran and owned the casino.
Thomas is pictured on the far right in the picture above (click
to enlarge).
If you know anything about Thomas or were in Milag, please
email Tony.
George
Smith Longster
Richard has a website dedicated to his father, George Smith
Longster, who was imprisoned in Italy and Stalag XVIII C,
Markt Pongau, Austria.
George
is nearly 95 so would probably be one of the older prisoners
in the camp and helped to build the Chapel.
Richard
is looking for anyone who remembers George from the camp.
If
you can help with any information, please email Richard
Clifford
Bassil Leech
Has anyone got any information on Clifford Bassil Leech, Army
No. 848182.
Clifford
was a bombardier in the Royal Artillery, located in Sidcup,
Kent.
Clifford
was PoW No.7392. He was capture in Tripoli (Tobruk), June
1942 by the Italians and marched to Stalag XVIIIA (18a) in
Austria. He was there from 20th June 1942 until 22nd June
1945. He worked on a farm where the owner's son was called
Hans.
If
you can help with any information, please email
me.
Joseph
Lambert
Bettina
is searching for her grandfather, Joseph Lambert.
Joseph
was born in 1925 near or in Akron, Ohio and stayed in Germany
during WWII and after it's end then returned to the USA in
1946. Joseph's brother was a preacher but for which church
is unknown.
He
was in Ludwigsburg near Stuttgart/Germany and in Berlin during
WWII. He was a member of the III Infantry Division and something
like the "blue devils". He went back to the states
from Hamburg/Hafen possibly in the summer of 1946, because
Bettina's mother was born in November 1946 and her grandmother
had no chance to inform him about her pregnancy.
Bettina
is trying to find him or any relatives who can help her search.
If
you can help with any information on Joseph, please email
Bettina.
James
Barr Lennox
Mandy is interested in talking to anyone who may have been
in the same company as her birth father, whom she has just
recently found out about.
He
was in the RASC No 6 TRNG BATTN DRVS in Sheffield in 1941
and he then went to B company and later to BNAF as an ambulance
driver.
His
name was James Barr Lennox from Seaham, Durham.
If
you can help with any information on James, please contact
Mandy.
Thomas
Wright Scott Landragon
Amanda
is looking for info about her grandfather, Thomas Wright Scott
Landragon, who was in the Royal Corps Signals attached to
the 51st Highland Division. He was captured at St Valery and
held PoW at Stalag XXB, Poland for 5 years. Thomas passed
away when Amanda was 6 years old and sadly all his letters
have been lost.
Amanda
would be grateful for any information on Thomas, the Regiment
or fellow PoWs from Stalag XXB.
If
you can help with any information, please contact Amanda.
Albert
Lake
Janette's
son, Aaron, is working on a project on WW2 and was interested
in the battle of St Valery-on-Caux as both his great grandfather,
Albert Lake, and his great uncle, William Elvin were taken
PoWs there on surrender to the 7th Panzer Division.
Both
men were
in the1st Division of the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders.
Albert
had been billeted at Landes before the battle and Janette
thinks he stayed in a PoW camp in France. Billy was certainly
taken to Germany but she doesn't know where.
Janette
has an old photo that she thinks her grandmother must have
been sent by her grandfather and on the back it says STALAG
XXA Gepruft 49.
If
you can help with any information, please contact Janette
and Aaron
Walter
Edwin Lee (aka Sonny, Bunny)
Looking
for information on Patti's father's wartime experiences and
maybe friends who served with him during the 2nd World War.
His
name was Walter Edwin Lee (AKA Sonny, Bunny) and was born
in 1912 in Wood Green, London. He was called up in 1939 and
served with the 1st Battallion of the Leicestershire Regiment
"The Tigers".
If
you can help with any information, please contact Mrs Lee-Salter
Frank
Lodge
Greg
is looking for any information about the following two soldiers
(second was his father):-
Major
Sydney Francis Emanuel - was in Welsh Guards 1939 - 1945;
mostly involved in training with Guards Armoured Division.
Born in Perth WA; attended Cambridge University.
Pte.
Frank Lodge - 1st Battalion Welsh Guards; at Dunkirk and then
servant to the above for the duration.
If
you can help with any information, please contact Greg
March
2010 - Jeanette contacted me as she had met a Frank
Lodge at the Liberation of Eindhoven event this year but it
turns out it is not the same Frank. However, the good news
is that we have been contacted by a friend of the Frank that
Jeanette met and they are now in touch.
Frank
Lodge
Jeanette
contacted me as she had met a Frank Lodge at the Liberation
of Eindhoven event this year (2010). We have been contacted
by Paul, a friend of the Frank that Jeanette met and they
are now in touch.
We
have also had another request for contact details for Frank
from Kevin and a lovely photo that you can see here. Kevin
says "Frank was in the Polar Bears (49th West Riding)
Division. I met Frank last weekend at Oosterbeek in Holland
at the Arnhem event. My father in law was also in the Polar
Bears and my 10 year old son took a shine to Frank because
of the connection." Hopefully we will get Kevin in touch
with Frank also.
Thomas
Albert Lambert
Kerry
is trying to find photos of a soldier who fought in WWII in
the Royal Ulster Rifle Regiment.
His
name was Thomas Albert Lambert and he was her grandfather.
If
you can help with any information, particularly photographs,
please contact Kerry
Donald
Leggatt
On going through some old family photos, Pauline has found
a postcard sent to her mother in 1943 from her brother-in-law,
Donald Leggatt, then a PoW of Stalag XXA (86).
Pauline
knows her Uncle Don was from Brighton, Sussex but doesn't
recall ever knowing he was a WWII PoW. She is trying to find
out some information about him or Stalag XXA (86).
If
you can help with any information, please contact Pauline
Llwelleyn
Leonard
Phillip
is trying to find any information / living relatives/ or REME
survivors that knew his grandfather, Llwelleyn Leonard.
He
was stationed in North Africa and was killed on 12 October
1943 due to road accident, aged 31.
He
was married to Bessie (ind) who had one child - Helen - who
is Phillips mother (now deceased).
Phillip
believes Llwelleyn had 3 brothers and lived in Wiltshire.
He was born in Chipping Sodbury.
If
you can help with any information, please contact Phillip
William
Thomas Stanley Little
Peter
is looking for information regarding his grandfather, William
Thomas Stanley Little, unit and when they were wounded/captured
in 1940. William was in the SQMS RASC BEF, from London. Peter
believes all the other names are people who survived "Dunkirk"
and were taken prisoner. All the following names are mentioned
in a letter to William. The letter infers that these men were
held temporarily in France before transfer to PoW Camps.
Particularly,
from the RASC :
Padre
Price Rees
GW Hamilton
Corporal Sutcliffe
Gair
Holmes
Hyde
Purdue
Whetton
Ball
Wilson
If
you have any information on this unit and the persons mentioned,
please contact Peter
William
Law
Paul
is looking for information on his father, William Law, from
Bristol.
William
was a PoW from May 1940 to April 1945. He was captured near
a place called Cassel.
He
was with the 2nd Glosters and was held in Stalag XXA B.A.B.
20/40.
If
you can help with any information on William or the 2nd Glosters,
please contact Paul
Alfred
George Littlebury
Luke
wrote to say:
"Please
find a photograph, that I found in my Grandfather's belongings.
Even though my Grandfather is not in the photo, the people
in it must have meant something to him.
I'm led to believe that my Grandfather
was in The Royal Fusiliers, I won't be able to comfirm this
until I get his Army Record back.
Any case here's his details :-
LANCE
CORPORAL ALFRED GEORGE LITTLEBURY
ARMY NUMBER : 14558251
PRISONER OF WAR NUMBER : 143029
HELD CAPTIVE AT STALAG 11A, ALTENGRABOW, SAXONY ANHALT GERMANY
I do not know, how long he was held. Nor do I know when and
where he was captured, he never spoke of what happened to
him. Like alot of his generation, just got on with life."
Do you recognise anyone in this photo taken in Stalag IIA?
They must have been friends of Alfred. (Click to enlarge)
If
you can help with any information on Alfred, please contact
Luke
Thomas
Samuel Lane
Steve
emailed to say:
"'m
trying to find information regarding my father Thomas Samuel
Lane he was born in New Zealand D.O.B 12/09/1927. He served
in the British Merchant Navy whilst based in the UK during
WWII. I believe he was on the P/O ship "Strathallan"
when she was sunk. Names of other ships he was on have all
been lost. But during his time in the navy I also believe
that he was Injured due to another sinking and was taken as
a P.O.W to a hospital in Dusseldorf ? Germany at some stage
he was returned to England as unfit for active duty due to
a loss of one eye and a injury to his right arm. ?
He
was sent to the military Hospital in Wheatley where they fixed
him up as best as possible. From that point not much is known
about him. But its his war time history we are trying to find
out more about.
If
you could just lead me in the right direction as to how to
find out more information it would be very much appreciated."
If
you can help with any information on Thomas, please contact
Steve
Lager
Bezeichnung m. Stammlager VIII B Italag
Francesco
emailed to say:
"I'd
like to have some information about the lager where my father
was prisoner:
lager Bezeichnung m. stammlager VIII B Italag.
The corrispondence was addressed to: Laband Oberscheslesien.
I'd like to find the place in order to visit it."
If
you can help with any information on Lager Bezeichnung, please
contact Francesco
Alfred
Leaney
Ashley
emailed to say:
"I
am seeking any info please on my father's Army service (or
the units he served in) during WW2. He was Alfred James LEANEY
1737277 gunner/driver RA 38th LAA Regt., serving in N Africa
and Italy. He was then a driver in the ISLD serving in Italy,
the Balkans and Greece. However, he trained in the UK as a
'Don R' (despatch rider) possibly in Nottingham. Believed
to have sailed to N Africa on M.V. Largs Bay from Greenock."
If
you can help with any information, please contact Ashley
Clarrie
Leader
Received
email to say:
"Just
wishing to know if anyone knew my father, Clarrie Leader of
Stalag XV111D in Marburg or at another camp in Unterpremstätten,
Graz? He was a stretcher bearer and was captured in Greece
and was processed in Salonika. Any news or photos of the areas
at that time would be greatly appreciated also, or anyone's
experiences at these camps. He was a New Zealand soldier,
Private and aged 28 when he left for war.He was repatriated
to Barcelona and then on the Wanganella home. If anyone knows
of someone's story on the Hellas ship which was blown up.
I understand this was meant to be a hospital ship with the
red crosses but that doesn't seem to equate from what I've
read."
If
you can help with any information, please contact me.
Henry
(aka "Harry") William Lavender
Peter
email to say:
"I'm
trying to find out any infomation of my late father who enlisted
into The Buffs from 1939 /1945 on the outbreak of the Second
World War. The only information I have gatherd so far is that
my late father - Private Henry William Lavender Regimental
No 6288283 - was listed as a PoW in Stalag
VIIIB Teschen, Poland.and his P.O.W. number was No 296. Sadly
my late father passed away on the 20th December 1960 where
he settled down after demob. and his last known address was
68 Belasis Avenue Haverton Hill Teeside.
My memories are very vague of my late
father as me and my late brother was quite young when he passed
away. I would really appriciate if you can verify that this
information is correct. and that any other information that
you can give me about my late father's army service and any
photograph's that you will be able to get of him either on
his own or with his friends would ve good.
It
would be good to have something to remember him by especially
on Rememberence Sunday's.
I
hope that I have given as much infomation as I have and would
be ever so greatful if you can help me to find out anything.
I am myself an ex-service man now retired and served with
the Second Bttalion The Light Infantry from 1971 up until
1983. And thank you for all the help that you may provide."
16th
January 2012 - Peter has written again to say:
"And
the text of my last enquiry has change somewhat as follows.
He was most definitely a prisoner of war and the camp he was
in was called ( Stalag XX B Marienburg Poland ) and I have
also found a photograph of him and his friends dated ( 1941-1945
) on a work detail in a milk factory west ( Prussia ). It
says on the photograph ( J Henry ) middle row but not from
left to right or the opposite way and it also says that he
was in the ( Green Howard's Regiment ) and not the buffs regiment
as I thought at first.
Unfortunately I cannot recognise him or confirm that it may
be him.as I have no family family photographs to say a positively
yes all though saying that with what information that I have
sourced so far. I have a very strong suspicion that it may
be him hopefully. Therefore can you make further enquiries
on my behalf to find out what my fathers rank and also regimental
number was and his regiment and battalion he served in before
and after the war had ended."
If
you can help with any information, please contact Peter.
Leduc
(Captain)
Martin
email to say:
"I
am trying to find info on a Capt Leduc base in Milford Common
1942-45 think Leduc is correct Canadian Army if you can find
out if he was based there would be a great help as he is my
wife's granfather , have always been told that he was a captain
but can not find any info."
If
you can help with any information, please contact Martin
Chris
Lessing
Lan
emailed to say:
"I
am hoping to find information about my father Captain Chris
Lessing who was CO of B Troop 30 AU Commando. He was a South
African and seconded to the Royal Marines. He fought with
Patrick Dalzel Job and was in Holland, Belgium, Germany, France
and Brittany from D-Day to the end of the war. He spent 3
weeks at Osborne House in February 1945. He left from Minden
to London and Guildford and arrived back in South Africa in
September 1945. He died in September 1946 on Robben Island
when I was 4 months old. I found his letters to my mother
written during the war in 2007 and have been piecing together
his story since then. If anybody has any information of any
sort whatsoever, I would be most grateful to hear it."
If
you can help with any information, please contact Lan
Alan
Leach
Alan
emailed to say:
"Captain
Alan Leach RAF PO 185864 (Pilot).
Alan
Leach was born in Coppull 25th March 1921 the eldest son of
Sylvester and Emma.
He was brother to Fred, well known in the village.
He was a Pilot Officer in the RAF Volunteer Reserve at the
age of 17 and a member of 51 squadron.
The
aircraft he was flying on 5th January 1945 was a Halifax.
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=11255
It took off from RAF Snaith at 16.47 hours, detailed to bomb
the rail network at Hannover, Germany. Nothing was heard from
the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base.
Shot down at 19.22 by Luftwaffe pilot Georg-Hermann Greiner,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Greiner it crashed 19.27
in Stockener Street, Leinhausen- Soeckern. He and five of
the crew were killed and are buried in Hannover War Cemetery,
Niedersachsen, Germany.
Aircraft
Type: Halifax
Serial number: LV 952
Radio call sign: MH – F
Unit: ATTD 51 SQN RAF
Crew:
RAF PO 185864 Captain A. Leach (Pilot): RAF Sgt P Neale (Flight
Engineer)
RAF Flt Sgt J S Staples (Navigator): RAF Flt Sgt W G Bowen
(Air Bomber)
RAAF 403167 PO Wilson L A (Wireless Operator Air): RAF Flt
Sgt W M Burton (Air Gunner)
The surviving crew member was RAF Sgt D E F Thomsett (Air
Gunner) ((**Read his story – attached**))
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Alan
Leach in flying suit |
Alan
receiving his medal |
New
grave for Alan |
He
received the following medals:
1939/45 Star http://www.ww2awards.com/award/32
France and Germany Star http://www.ww2awards.com/award/36
Defence Medal http://www.ww2awards.com/award/30
War medal 1939-1945 http://www.ww2awards.com/award/31
Alan
Leach is buried (Grave 2,F,7-7A), http://twgpp.org/information.php?id=2689439"
If
you can help with any information, please contact Alan
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