234899 Gnr. William James Morrey British Army 51st Heavy AA, 151 Bty. Royal Artillery from:Liverpool Billy Morrey's POW number was E91075. With Russian artillery heard in the distance he left Piaski and began the Long March on 19th January 1945 (his 24th birthday). Although alright the day before, he awoke as sick as a dog. His friends put him on a sled they had made and pulled him for the first day. On the second day he awoke and felt much better and walked for the next three months through Poland, Northern Czechoslovakia and Germany to be liberated by the US army South on Munich.
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