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503669 Corporal Lionel George Degenhard Army 1st Battalion Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment My father, Lionel George Degenhard, was Corporal with the 1st Btn. Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment. He never wanted to talk about the war but has left a great memento in the form of a handwritten collection of experiences bound between the covers of two pieces of Red Cross cardboard. Lionel George Degenhard, Corporal, 1st Btn. Bedfordshire & Hertforshire Regiment Captured 28 April 1941 in Greece, liberated 2 May 1945. He was stationed in the following four POW camps: Stalag 357, N.C.O. Lager, Thorn Sud, Poland Stalag XV111 A, Wolfsberg, Austria Stalag XV111 A Zweilager, N.C.O. Lager, Spittal - Drau, Austria Stalag 357, N.C.O. Lager, Fallingbostel, Hannover, Germany The following is an extract from his personal handwritten exerpts titled 'Camps I have worked at in Austria': Klagenfurt - Canal Work - July to Sept 1941 Dachstein Obertraune H.V. 75 - Barrack Building - Sept to Nov 1941 Kleine Glodnitz A/13001/L - Road Making - Nov 1941 to Mar 1942 Huttengerg A/11205/L - Sawmill - Mar 1942 to August 1943 St Veit 11093/GW - Building - Aug to Sept 1943 Reichendorf A/550/L - Farm work - Oct 1943 to Jan 1944 I would swear it is him in the first photo, 2nd from left on back row, on The Wartime Memories Project - STALAG XXA POW Camp (357, Stalag Kopernikus) Page 2. I am trying to locate all the camp sites in order that I can visit as many as I can this year. If anyone could help I would be so grateful. Thanks a million. Add to this record.  Related Content: Stalag 357 Prisoner of War Camp Stalag 28A 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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