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Joseph William Draper
British Army 51st Ack Ack Regiment Royal Artillery
from:Cottenham
My Grandfather Joe Draper was trained in Yeovil, Somerset and was shipped out to Africa.
My Dad said he was in the 51st Ack Ack Regiment. He was captured on Crete and taken to Stalag 4C.
He had a hard time there.
The Germans used to dress them in smart uniforms and take a picture of them. They wrote short letters home on the back of the pictures.
You could see it was staged, because they had cigarettes in their mouths which weren`t lit.
I have a picture of him with his friend Victor Nutman. If anyone knows of his whereabouts,please contact me.