205698 Pte. Frederick L Sweetland British Army East Surrey Regiment from:Battersea, London, UK My mother (Edna Sweetland) is looking for details about her cousin (Fred Sweetland, married Grace and had one daughter). He was a Paratrooper, believed to have joined when he was 17 years old (or maybe slightly younger!) and who may have been involved with Operation Market Garden. He was definitely captured at Arnhem (Arnhem POW Camp 11b) as a POW (POW number 118279) and later repatriated.
It would be greatly appreciated if anyone has any information.
One story she does remember him recounting is that when he actually met up with his German captors he was surpised to find that they were young men just like him doing their duty and was pleased to be offered cigarettes. One has to remember that people from his background didn't come across any other nationalities and didn't travel as we do today.
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