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Spr. James McGinlay
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Ferrygate Farm Cottages, North Berwick
James McGinley was captured in Greece during the battle of Greece and later transferred to Stalag XV111A. He was put to work in the village of Lodersdorf in Austria as a farm labourer for the Holtzmann and Karner families.
James contracted Rheumatic Fever and was near to death when he was handed over to the British Red Cross in the early part of 1945. He recovered and lived until 1981.