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216593 Pte. Albert Edward Woodhouse British Army 2/7th Btn. Queens Royal Regiment from:Becontree, Ilford, Essex My dad was pow no. 128512 in Stalag 7a at Moosberg. His name Albert Edward (Eddy) Woodhouse, his date of enlistment was 15 February 1940, 2/7th Queens Royal Regt. D Coy. he was in the North African campaign at Enfidaville Tunisia, from here he went to Italy, Anzio where on 5/2/44 he was transferred from D Coy. to C Coy. and was involved in the attempt to extract a US army Battalion 2/157 who were cut off and isolated about a mile ahead of the front line, they too were cut off from their supplies and suffered very heavy losses. He was reported missing (War Diaries Feb 44) 25/2/44 and I know he was taken to Stalag 7a for the remainder of the war. Would like to hear from anyone who has any knowledge of him. Additional Information: Hi after reading your information I can say that my dad knew your dad as we always had your dads address of the high street Colchester where he possibly lived when he came out of the war. My dads name was George Edward Watson his pow number was 129803 and was in the Queens Royal Regiment A coy but I believe he was put into C or D he was captured on the boarder of Anzio Italy and did serve before that in Africa Tunisia, my dad lived in Edmonton north London and originally came from Durham and most probably was called Gordie . My dad had five medals but would not accept any as he always said he didn't go to war for medals he did what he did for his country but after my dad sadly died in the 1990s we asked the war office if we as a family could have the medals and they sent the five medals to my mum. One was 1939/45 star battle of Britain, Africa Star 8th arm, Italy Star, Defence medal and war medal 1939/45. He did always say and thought that he would have got three medals but as I say was a proud man and most probably may not have even liked us asking about them. My dad use to cut hair in the camp and cook but like a lot of prisoners of war never spoke about the time he had in there. When he came home he had lost a lot of weight as my mum whom was married to him nearly passed him in the street as she didn't recognise him. I would like to know the date of when my dad actually left the camp as I understand they all left at different times as I read that the camp was only meant to hold 30,000 but there was something like 80,000 and that they were sleeping on tables and the wooden floors. But I can remember your dads name as Woodhouse is a name easy to remember. I believe my sister has a lot of the photos and I will ask her if there are any with your dad on. Linda Gifford Reply Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**