205834 Private Stanley Pettifer British Army Royal Engineers from:Witley, Surrey My father, Stanley Pettifer, was captured at Dunkirk, aged 21.
He said that he was a POW in Poland, probably in the Gdansk area. He was in Stalag XXA. He worked on a farm.
I have several photos from the camp when they were performing shows. In some of them is the actor Sam Kydd.
I know that my father, towards the end of the war, was on a very long march, in deep snow, that lasted several weeks. I think about 3,000 men started out, and about 300 survived. My father survived by swapping his daily ration of cigarettes for chocolate.
He spoke very little about his time as a POW, and I would really like to hear from anyone who remembers him or has any info at all.
He died in 1982.
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