Tina
Prisoner of war
D.S
Tina
Tina
- Tina
Cornthwaite,Milburn,Coll,Gaffney,Pearce,Singleton,Hazlehurst,Cuthbert,Mackintosh,McAllister,Morana, Corfield
Any census/bmd information within this post is Crown Copyright from http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Earlier I posted that I thought you would need the National Archives
This is taken from their site
2. Nominal lists of Prisoners of War
The most comprehensive nominal listings of British and Commonwealth PoWs are those in WO 392/1-26 . They include: prisoners of all services and the merchant navy held in Germany or German-occupied territory; prisoners of all services and the merchant navy held in Italy; service personnel (not merchant navy) and some civilian internees held by the Japanese in either Japan or Japanese-occupied territory. These records do not cover the entire war, the dates being: Germany - September 1944 and March 1945; Italy - August 1943; Japan - c.1945. The lists were probably originally sent to the Casualty (PW) Branch of the Directorate of Prisoners of War in London, and also form the basis of the books cited below.
3. Captives of the Germans
The National Archives' Library holds alphabetical registers of approximately 169,000 British and Commonwealth PoWs of all ranks who were held in Germany and German-occupied territories (Ref: 940.5472* Oversize). They give details of name, rank and service/army number as well as regiment/corps, prisoner of war number and, presumably, their final camp location. The lists are described as being corrected generally up to 30 March 1945. The three volumes are:
•Prisoners of war, British Army, 1939-1945
•Prisoners of war, naval and air forces of Great Britain and the Empire, 1939-1945
•Prisoners of war, armies and other land forces of the British Empire, 1939-1945 (2nd edn, Polstead, 1990)
In addition, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva keeps incomplete lists of all known PoWs and internees of all nationalities for the Second World War. Searches are only made in response to written enquiries, and an hourly fee is usually charged. The contact address is: International Council of the Red Cross (ICRC), Archives Division, 19, Avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneva, website: ICRC Archives.
4. Prisoners held in Italy: post-armistice escape reports
When the Italian armistice was announced on 8 September 1943 there were an estimated 80,000 allied PoWs in Italy. At this point all Senior British Officers (SBOs) informed their men of the so-called 'standfast' order. This instructed them to remain in camp and await imminent liberation by the advancing Allied forces.
In reality, overall victory in Italy took far longer than anticipated. Reaction to the armistice varied from camp to camp. In some, the Italian Commandant refused to hand over control to the SBO or his equivalent; others opened the gates and disappeared along with the guards. In the latter circumstances, the more perceptive SBOs, realising the Germans would quickly take control, encouraged individual escapes; while some of the more enterprising prisoners escaped without official sanction. Some escapees fled northwards towards Switzerland or southwards towards allied lines. Others hid near their camp to await developments or took the opportunity to explore the vicinity before voluntarily returning to their camp. Ultimately, the confused situation meant that by the end of 1943 some 50,000 PoWs had been rounded-up and transported to camps in Germany.
There are four primary sources for post-armistice escape reports for Italy: WO 208/3343-3345 and WO 208/5393-5404 contain reports made by escapers who travelled South to Allied lines; WO 208/4238-4276 and WO 208/4368-4371 hold reports made by those who made it to neutral Switzerland. It is clear that other reports were produced, for example those with a reference starting PW/REP/IT. However, the current whereabouts and indeed survival of these documents is uncertain.
I do think that you will need to either visit or employ a researcher to visit the National Archives.
It would probably help if you could find out which regigment he was in - perhaps make contact with his descendants?
I don't think it will be an easy search at all.
Hilary
Ed Officer
This is taken from their site
2. Nominal lists of Prisoners of War
The most comprehensive nominal listings of British and Commonwealth PoWs are those in WO 392/1-26 . They include: prisoners of all services and the merchant navy held in Germany or German-occupied territory; prisoners of all services and the merchant navy held in Italy; service personnel (not merchant navy) and some civilian internees held by the Japanese in either Japan or Japanese-occupied territory. These records do not cover the entire war, the dates being: Germany - September 1944 and March 1945; Italy - August 1943; Japan - c.1945. The lists were probably originally sent to the Casualty (PW) Branch of the Directorate of Prisoners of War in London, and also form the basis of the books cited below.
3. Captives of the Germans
The National Archives' Library holds alphabetical registers of approximately 169,000 British and Commonwealth PoWs of all ranks who were held in Germany and German-occupied territories (Ref: 940.5472* Oversize). They give details of name, rank and service/army number as well as regiment/corps, prisoner of war number and, presumably, their final camp location. The lists are described as being corrected generally up to 30 March 1945. The three volumes are:
•Prisoners of war, British Army, 1939-1945
•Prisoners of war, naval and air forces of Great Britain and the Empire, 1939-1945
•Prisoners of war, armies and other land forces of the British Empire, 1939-1945 (2nd edn, Polstead, 1990)
In addition, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva keeps incomplete lists of all known PoWs and internees of all nationalities for the Second World War. Searches are only made in response to written enquiries, and an hourly fee is usually charged. The contact address is: International Council of the Red Cross (ICRC), Archives Division, 19, Avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneva, website: ICRC Archives.
4. Prisoners held in Italy: post-armistice escape reports
When the Italian armistice was announced on 8 September 1943 there were an estimated 80,000 allied PoWs in Italy. At this point all Senior British Officers (SBOs) informed their men of the so-called 'standfast' order. This instructed them to remain in camp and await imminent liberation by the advancing Allied forces.
In reality, overall victory in Italy took far longer than anticipated. Reaction to the armistice varied from camp to camp. In some, the Italian Commandant refused to hand over control to the SBO or his equivalent; others opened the gates and disappeared along with the guards. In the latter circumstances, the more perceptive SBOs, realising the Germans would quickly take control, encouraged individual escapes; while some of the more enterprising prisoners escaped without official sanction. Some escapees fled northwards towards Switzerland or southwards towards allied lines. Others hid near their camp to await developments or took the opportunity to explore the vicinity before voluntarily returning to their camp. Ultimately, the confused situation meant that by the end of 1943 some 50,000 PoWs had been rounded-up and transported to camps in Germany.
There are four primary sources for post-armistice escape reports for Italy: WO 208/3343-3345 and WO 208/5393-5404 contain reports made by escapers who travelled South to Allied lines; WO 208/4238-4276 and WO 208/4368-4371 hold reports made by those who made it to neutral Switzerland. It is clear that other reports were produced, for example those with a reference starting PW/REP/IT. However, the current whereabouts and indeed survival of these documents is uncertain.
I do think that you will need to either visit or employ a researcher to visit the National Archives.
It would probably help if you could find out which regigment he was in - perhaps make contact with his descendants?
I don't think it will be an easy search at all.
Hilary
Ed Officer