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262128Friedhelm Tobias
from:Plittersdorferstrasse 82, Bad Godesberg (Bonn), Germany
Friedhelm Tobias at Beela River Prison Camp, Milnthorp, Wales
My uncle, Thomas George Hall, had close relatives living in Hang Bridge Cottage opposite the entrance to the Beela River Prison Camp (POW Camp No. 104) in Whassett, Milnthorpe, Westmorland, Wales. He lived a few miles away in Holme village but would often visit his relatives at Hang Bridge Cottage. He would have been about 14 when the war started.He obviously made friends with some of the prisoners, one of whom was Friedhelm Tobias, a German POW held at the Beela Camp. I have enclosed four photos. The first is of Friedhelm Tobias whilst a prisoner. The second is of an inscription by Tobias on the back of the first photo which notes his post-war address in the British Zone of Occupied Germany. Evidently, he sent the photo to my uncle sometime after the war. The third photo is of Hang Bridge Cottage. The fourth photo is of my uncle in uniform and was taken after the war.
Inscription on back of photo of himself sent post-war to Thomas George Hall in Milnthorp, Wales
262128_Friedhelm Tobias_Hang Bridge Cottage, which sat opposite the entrance to the Beela River Prison Camp
Post-war photo of his friend, Thomas George Hall, who as a youth often visited Hang Bridge Cottage across from the Beela River POW Camp
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