263987 Pte. Arthur Petty British Army 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Dad, Arthur Petty's 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment was attached to the 46th Brigade in 1940. They were trying to hold back the Germans to allow the evacuation from Dunkirk. He was involved in heavy fighting at St Omer. Apparently, they were in a battle with the 6th Panzer Division. He was captured at Wormhout trying to swim across the river L'yer to escape.
He was taken as a POW to Torun Prison of war camp in Poland where he spent the rest of the war.
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