Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

Additions will be checked before being published on the website and where possible will be forwarded to the person who submitted the original entries. Your contact details will not be forwarded, but they can send a reply via this messaging system.

227915
William George "Pete" Hotston

The POWs from Stalag XXA marched from Poland at the end of January and did a tour of Germany. At Zarrentin they were handed over to the German railways. My father William George (Pete) Hotston went to Hameln (Hamlin) where a POW was shot for looting. They left and carried on marching. They were liberated by two American tanks with coloured drivers from a barn in a valley. Does anyone know the name of the village?

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.