218867 Sgt. Cliff Stansfield british Army 106th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery from:Liverpool My uncle, Sgt Stansfield of the 106th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery Liverpool Territorial Unit Lancashire Yeomanry. He was a POW in Stalag 383 from 1942 to 1945.
After the fall of Greece he was evacuated on board HMS Calcutta to serve in Crete. Crete was invaded by German Paratroops and my uncle was captured on 2nd June 1941. He was eventually transported to Stalag V111B at Lansdorf as a POW from June 1941 to Sept 1942.
He was later moved to POW Camp Stalag 383 where he was encarcerated from Sept 1942 to April 1945, whilst there he kept a secret diary and photographs of life as a POW. Additional Information: | P.O.W. Camp Stalag 383 was liberated on Tuesday 1st May 1945 at 3pm by U.S. Troops of the 3rd Army. Sgt C.Stansfield was repatriated to the U.K on 14th June 1945, he married his sweetheart Miss Marjorie E. Kilby at St Andrews Church, Aigburth, Liverpool on Saturday 29th October 1945.Alan Kilby
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