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224871 Pte. Edwin "Peter" Metcalfe British Army 1st Btn. Border Regiment from:North Frodingham, Yorkshire My grandfather Edwin Metcalfe was a member of the 1st Airborne Parachute Regiment. He was injured whilst parachuting into Arnhem during operation 'Market Garden'. On the 22nd September 1944, whilst being attended to at a medical station, it was captured by the Germans and he was sent to a POW camp. Initially he went to Dortmund and then to Stalag X1-B and finally to Ulzen. As the Allies approached the camp the Germans tried to move approximately 500 prisoners away from the camp. It was during this that my grandfather and three of his colleagues made their escape. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.