210409 L/Bdr. Francis Wardale British Army Royal Horse Artillery from:Liverpool My father Frank Wardale was a regular soldier joining the RHA in 1936 aged 20 and serving in Palestine and North Africa. Captured in May 1941 he was imprisoned in a number of Italian camps before being held in Oflag VA in October 1943 and then Stalag IV B in July 1944. He was there until the end of the war although I understand he left from the camp in May 1945 and made his way to the American lines. He was ill and malnourished and hospitalised until returning home to Liverpool in November 1945. Like many entrants here my father spoke very little about the war. I do have a small picture of him and other members of the camp football team. He died in 1986. The Red Cross supplied most of the information here.
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