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258338 2Lt. Edgar Lewis Wiard British Army 40th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment from:Liverpool 2nd Lieutenant Lewis Wiard was in the 40th RTR and was captured on 22nd of July 1942 at Ruweisat Ridge. His tank having been hit be a shell fired by Gunther Hahn, who was awarded the Iron Cross for his actions that day, the youngest to have been awarded that medal. My father was taken to Italy where he was a prisoner until the surrender of Italy. He then escaped from the train that was carrying the prisoners to Germany but was recaptured on the Swiss border. The Gestapo officer who interrogated him, at the end of the interrogation ordered a bottle of wine which he shared with my father before wishing him well and then sent him on to the the prison camp. After a spell in that camp he was the transferred to Oflag 79. Gunter Hahn was the guest of honour at one of the 40th RTR annual reunion dinners! Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.