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Pte. William McNair Brown
British Army Seaforth Highlanders
from:Greenoch, Scotland
William Brown was my uncle who I never met. He was captured in the rear guard action of St Valery during battle of Dunkirk. He spent the entire war as a prisoner. He managed to escape at least once during this time. He was forced to labour at a mine and my mom says there were Russians in the same camp.
When liberated he and others were sent to Southern Ireland to recuperate as Scotland was still under rations. He had TB as a result of the camps and never was able to work after the war due to this disability. He passed away in 1966 at a age of 46.