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218867 Sgt. Cliff Stansfield british Army 106th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery from:Liverpool My uncle, Sgt Stansfield of the 106th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery Liverpool Territorial Unit Lancashire Yeomanry. He was a POW in Stalag 383 from 1942 to 1945. After the fall of Greece he was evacuated on board HMS Calcutta to serve in Crete. Crete was invaded by German Paratroops and my uncle was captured on 2nd June 1941. He was eventually transported to Stalag V111B at Lansdorf as a POW from June 1941 to Sept 1942. He was later moved to POW Camp Stalag 383 where he was encarcerated from Sept 1942 to April 1945, whilst there he kept a secret diary and photographs of life as a POW. Add to this record.  Additional Information: P.O.W. Camp Stalag 383 was liberated on Tuesday 1st May 1945 at 3pm by U.S. Troops of the 3rd Army. Sgt C.Stansfield was repatriated to the U.K on 14th June 1945, he married his sweetheart Miss Marjorie E. Kilby at St Andrews Church, Aigburth, Liverpool on Saturday 29th October 1945. Alan Kilby Reply Related Content: Stalag 383 Prisoner of War Camp Battle of Crete HMS Crete Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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