213647 Pte. Jack Lintott British Army Royal and West Kent Regiment I have been trying to piece together the war years of my father for his grandchildren's sake. He was Private Jack Lintott, Royal and West Kent Regiment (now deceased.) He was captured in France before Dunkerque and after a series of transfers (I think road building in Austria where I believe he escaped ended up in Stalag 8b. He didn’t talk much about the war and sent his medals back (which we acquired). From the sketchy info received he was the wireless builder and as a watchmaker was apparently kept on the surface. He had very bad arthritis from severe frost bite as he took part in the Lamsdorf death march. My Dad was extremely good at languages and learnt to speak German fluently which I subsequently learnt from him, he also had a command of Polish. I would be interested to know where he was caught as I think it was in the Defence of Escaut at the Foret de Nieppe around May 15th 1940? I have photos of the camp and area as well as camp money.
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