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Gnr. Harold Forden

British Army 124 Field Regiment Royal Artillery

My deceased Father was in Stalag 4g I have found out some info on the camp but not that much. As you can see my Father was a gunner in the Royal Artillery during WW2. He saw action at Dunkirk & Africa before being captured at the fall of Tobruk.

Gunner Harold Forden, Royal Artillery

Enlisted into Royal Artillery Regular Army & posted to Depot 04/01/39

Posted to 1st Training Regiment 11/01/39

Posted to 22nd Field Regiment 15/04/39

Posted to 1st General Base Depot 19/04/40

Posted to 3rd Division 10/06/40

Posted to 76th (Highland) Field Regiment 11/06/40

Posted to Depot 21/06/40

Posted to 2nd Reserve Regiment 22/06/40

Posted to 124 Field Regiment 26/06/40

Reported Missing 20/06/42

Confirmed Prisoner of War 13/01/43

Repatriated to UK 14/05/45

Posted to 202 Field Regiment 12/07/45

Attached to Chillwell Motor Transport Group 02/08/45

Posted to 2nd Motor Transport Group 22/08/45

Released to Army Reserve 11/07/46

Discharged from Reserve Liability 30 June 1959

Auth: Navy, Army and Air Forces Reserve Act 1959

Service with Colours: 04/01/39 to 10/07/46

Overseas Service:

British Expeditionary Force 02/10/39 to 01/06/40

Middle East Force 19/05/41 to 30/11/41

Iraq 01/12/41 to 12/02/42

Egypt 13/02/42 to 19/06/42

Prisoner of War 20/06/42 to 13/05/45 Italy, Germany Stalag 4b and 4g

Dad was prisoner of war in Italy, but no records show which camp. He may have been kept in North Africa for some time, before going over to Italy. They were usually shipped into Italy via Benghazi or Brindisi. . After Italy surrendered they were transferred to Austria or Germany. Dad was held in Stalag 4B. The camp opened Oct.39. & was Liberated 23rd April 45. It was located in Muhlberg district 4. he was transferred to 4G on 14/10/43 This was at Oschatz eastern Germany, to the south east of Leipzig, in the direction of Meissen & Dresden & near to the south west of Muhlberg. There were only 20 men permanently based in the camp, the other 4,400 were out on working parties on farms, factories, mines etc.

Stalag 4G was an administrative and holding centre and most of the POWs were assigned to work parties (arbeits kommandos).

Any information, photographs of 4g would be greatly appreciated.



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