259784 Gdsmn. Wilfred David Birchall British Army Grenadier Guards from:Manchester I can only tell you that I recently bought two postcards sent by Guardsman Wilfred Birchall to his former employers, a textile warehouse at 31 Dale Street Manchester. The first card is an Italian card dated 15th of April 1943 from Camp 82, No. 1, Sector 3200, Italy, from which I deduce that Guardsman Birchall was captured by the Italians in North Africa before the Allied invasion of Italy. The second card was dated 9th of December 1943, again to his employers in Manchester, from Stalag XVIII-C which I understand was in Markt Pongau (now St. Johann im Pongau) in Austria. Both cards say he is doing fine, but maybe he had to say that.
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