208257 Pte. William Grant Cameron British Army 4th Btn. Queens Own Cameron Highlanders from:Dalwhinnie, Scotland My grandfather's name wass William Grant Cameron but was mainly known as "Willie Cameron" to those who knew him. He was born and raised in Dalwhinnie, Scotland. After the war when he married, he lived and raised his family in Ballinluig, Scotland.
During the war he served as a part of the 4th Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, 152 Brigade, 51st Division. He was a POW in the Stalag IXC camp but was also a part of various work parties, so I don't think he spent most off his time in stalag IXC. He does mention in his diary that after being caught after escaping he spent 17 days in Stalag XIII C, then briefly retured to IXC before being sent to a punishment camp for 10 weeks.
He had 3 escape attempts and had a mention in dispatches in the London Gazette for these attempts.
In his diary he does have various names and addresses of other prisoners:
- Fred Larter (Sydney, Australia)
- Ronald K Kentwell (Sydney Australia)
- Jack Banks (Australia)
- Keith H Hooper (Victoria, Australia)
- Tom H Bennett (XIII C} (POW No: 10495) (Helensburgh, Australia)
- Frank Connery (Sydney Australia)
- Johnstone B Miller (POW No: 5226) (Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland)
- William Wilson (POW No:30508) (Glasgow, Scotland)
- George D Fowler (POW No: 763) (Falkirk, Scotland)
There are some other names but it's hard to make them out.
If anyones knows anything about William Grant Cameron (Willie) or know of any possible cross references of his name in other POW diaries then I'd love to hear from you.
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