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The 10th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
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The 10th Battalion served in North Africa, The Middle East, Sicily and Italy with the 168th London Infantry Brigade. The 10th Battalion was reduced to 40 men defending the Anzio beachhead. In the battle around Carroceto and Aprilia, early February 1944, the 10th Royal Berkshires had been one of a group that included the 1st Battalion Recce Regiment, the 1st London Irish, the 6th Gordons and the 1st Loyals in direct combat with the German Combat Group Graser
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List of those who served with The Royal Berkshire Regiment during The Second World War
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Medical Orderly William Sampson 10th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment My late father William (Bill) Sampson was captured at Anzio early February 1944.
He was a medical orderly and was in the 10th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment.
He was actually captured attending to an injured German soldier. He was transported to IV B by road via Rome and was in Transit camp FP31979 before ending up in IV B and stayed there until his release 23rd April 1945 by the Russians. His POW number was 279561.
I personally visited the camp in Muhlberg in 1999 and there is a museum in Muhlberg which I have also been to. The Museum has many photographs/maps etc. of which I have donated some new documents/maps/phots etc to the museum which opened after the reunification of Germany. The Russians refused to allow a museum to be opened until that time. I have also visited the war graves around the camp.
The address of the museum is:
Initiativgruppe Lager Muhlberg e.V., Klostersrtasse 9, 04931, Muhlberg/Elbe, Germany
The currator is Angelica Stamm who is very helpful.
There is a 21 page information book which I have translatted into English which gives the full history of the camp until it closed in 1948. I would recommend anyone to visit the museum and the site which still retains some basic outline of the camp. It is open Tuesdays to Thursdays 13.00 to 16.00 pm and every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month between 13.00 and 16.00pm. Telephone number is +49 35342 706 87.
If any one wants to get any further information from me please do not hesitate to contact me.
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The Rock of Anzio: From Sicily to Dachau Flint Whitlock
Anzio was one of the greatest battles of World War II-a desperate gamble to land a large amphibious force behind German lines in Italy in the hope that the war could be shortened by capturing Rome. It also turned out to be one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. military history. Based on extensive research into archives, photos, letters, diaries, previously classified official records, and scores of personal interviews with surviving veterans of the 45th, The Rock of Anzio is written with an immediacy that puts the reader right onto the battlefield and shows us war through the eyes of ordinary men called upon to perform extraordinary deeds.More information on:
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The Rock of Anzio: From Sicily to Dachau
