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Pte. Fredrick William Stringer
British Army 7th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Gravesend, Kent
Frederick Stringer completed the General Questionnaire for British/American Ex-Prisoners of War document in 1945. The information he provided is.
Enlistment date - 20 October 1939.
Captured in Albert, France 20 May 1940.
Imprisoned in camp XX1D Posen from June 1940 to August 1944.
Working camps, Posen Mum 1940 to Aug 1944 working on railways, then (nameplate not legible) from Aug 1944 to Jan 1945 working in a coalmine.
I'm not sure, but I think he must have then gone on the forced death march. He never spoke about any of this to us children.