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AK2780 Arbeits kommando Stalag 7b 22nd Jul 1941 Parcels If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Those known to have been held in AK2780 Arbeits kommando Stalag 7b during the Second World War 1939-1945. Siddall Harold. Stkr. Smith Thomas George. Smith Thomas George. Rflmn. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. 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If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about AK2780 Arbeits kommando Stalag 7b? There are:1 items tagged AK2780 Arbeits kommando Stalag 7b available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Thomas George Smith Thomas George Smith, my fatherm was one of the Stalag 7a prisoners. He would have been about 40 when he was in Camp 2780 and his prisoner number was 6047. I only know that he was captured at the Battle of Crete. He managed to survive the war but died in 1952. If anyone can find any references to him anywhere I would be most grateful to hear from you. Eileen Thompson Add to this record. Rflmn. Thomas George "Pop" Smith 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps My Dad, Thomas Smith, joined the Territorial Army on 5th Feb 1925. He was a Gunner in the 867th (London) Battery, 92nd Field Brigade and transferred to 12th London Rangers on 12th Apr 1927. He was 'Called to Colours' at the outbreak of war on 1st Sept 1939. He was wounded, captured and made a prisoner of war (no.6047) at the Battle of Crete and was taken first to Stalag VIIA camp 2780, then to Stalag VIIIB/344 with work party E594. At the war's end he was taken on the infamous death marches, but survived even though he was 44 years old by then. I have a lot of letters and postcards that Dad sent to my eldest sister between Nov 1941 - Dec 1944. I am so glad she kept them, as not much else seems to have survived and I am the last of the family alive now at age 80! But I do have his Soldier's Release book and I also have a programme/booklet of King George V Silver Jubilee, 6th May 1935, given to my Dad because he, with his 12th London Regt 'Rangers' lined the procession route. I've had a strong interest in researching my family history and especially the military side so it's been such a joy to me to find this site on line and to remember my Dad here - thank you! Eileen Thompson Add to this record. Stkr. Harold Siddall HMS Repulse My dad, Harold Siddall, was held in Arbeitslager 2780A. He was captured on Crete. 2780A was a work camp in Pasing, which is a suburb of Munich. They were employed repairing train tracks, building drains and moving goods between trains at the station. You can read my Dad's account at http://www.naval-history.net/WW2MemoirAndSo00.htm Barbara Roche Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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