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236444 Pte. Ronald Stanley "Ron" Jackson British Army 4th Btn., B Coy. Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from:35 Crusoe Road, Mitcham, Surrey My Grandfather Ron Jackson was captured at Cassel, France with his unit B Coy, 4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 30th of May 1940 while providing rear guard duty to slow the Germans while the evacuation was taking place at Dunkirk. He spent the rest of the war in POW camps, until he escaped on the 24th of January 1945. His escape would have occurred during the time Germans were evacuating POW's as the Red Army pushed down through Poland and into Germany. The Death Marches occurred during this time - so by choosing to escape he avoided those marches to other camps. He avoided capture until 11th of March 1945 when he and 2 other POW's, Roland Easton and George Moyes were picked up by Russian Troops. After being away since his last leave of 5 May 1940, he finally returned home on the 5th of May 1945. 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.