262911 William Henry "Taf" Jones British army 2nd btn. Welsh guards from:Llanfairfechan Wales My father William H Jones was in Dunkirk rearguard action, a prisoner for 5 years sent to marionburg stalag xx20 plus some different camps on the way up to Poland.
He was injured in Dunkirk and reported missing.
He had a scar under his chin never we never knew how he got it, he didn’t tell my mother. He had a small bible he use the paper to roll some cigarettes.
When the long march came he had some old boots that he kept on for weeks, he managed to escape with 2 Americans and a Polish man hidden in side some large pipes for what seemed forever. They were rescued by the American army and flew home in a American Bomber, looking down through the bomb bay. The bomber was called MISFORTUNE.
He came home and got off the train in our village and people had come to meet him, he was so thin he wasn’t recognised.
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