Friday, September 23, 2011

WWII PRISONERS-OF-WAR (P.O.W.)


87 WWII PRISONERS-OF-WAR
ALMOST ALL OF THEM OFFICERS.
The small P.O.W. camp ID photographs are 39mm x 51mm



Oflag VIII-F was a World War II German POW camps for officers located in Wahlstatt, now Legnickie Pole in Silesia (Poland) and Mährisch-Trübau, now Moravská Třebová in
north-central Czech Republic.

All the photos are annotated in pencil on the back,
stating the name of each P.O.W.
I only indicated the rank if I could physically see the
rank epaulettes in the pics.
There could be a few mistakes with the names & surnames-
In some instances it was dificult to decypher the handwritten names. 

As I gather more info on these individuals,
I shall publish more & update.

1683 VIII F
Lt. "BING" CROSSLEY

1129 VIII F
BLANCO WHITE

1235 VIII F
Lt. ERIC HORNTON

1026 VIII F
Lt. JOHN HAWKINS

1274 VIII F
Lt. G. GRIFFITHS

1721 VIII F
WEST

1680 VIII F
Lt. MOHAMMED

1555 VIII F
Lt. C. CHAMBERS

1328 VIII F
LT. GOOFY GOFTON-SALMON

1409 VIII F
LT. WHINIFY HENDERSON

1060 VIII F
LT. JACK ELLIOT

1699 VIII F
TONY MOXTON-GRAHAME

1805 VIII F
"HUMPH" HUMPHREYS

1425 VIII F
TOM LINNAKER

1419 VIII F
LT. KELLIE TALBOT

1709 VIII F
LT. BILL BURTON

1213 VIII F
LT. JOHN GRAICE

1740 VIII F
PTE. TOAL

1197 VIII F
LT. GENJER RYNES

1634 VIII F
CHARLES EDDIE

1733 VIII F
SGT. ROGERS

1208 VIII F
LT. VANSEYLE

1918 VIII F
LT. RONNIE ALLEN

1361 VIII F
LT. HARRY HARRINGTON

1164 VIII F
LT. PHILIP BELL

1280 VIII F
BARRY WRIGHT

1279 VIII F
CAPT. GEOFFREY LEWIS

1659 VIII F
MAJOR HALLOM

1669 VIII F
TANKY MILLER

1972 VIII F
TONY WOLSON

1548 VIII F
MAJOR MANN

1661 VIII F
MAJOR TAYLOR

1542 VIII F
HERBERT LEES

1665 VIII F
SGT. DUNCAN

914 VIII F
MIKE TRAYLEN
Traylen was 24 when this P.O.W. "mugshot" was taken. After capture
in North Africa he was taken to Chieti in Italy, then Czechoslovakia and
finally Brunswick. He suffered long-term shock after the Allied bombing
around Brunswick. (Information supplied by his son Jan Truylen, his 
daugther Helen and his wife Elaine).

1475 VIII F
POP CHAMBERS

1252 VIII F
LT. J. BAXTER (S.A.)

1329 VIII F
CAPT. DONALD MILLS

1576 VIII F
PADRE ROGERS

1295 VIII F
CAPT. JACK WHITE-ABBOTT

1955 VIII F
RALPH HARGREAVES
Hargreaves, also known as "Kim", died in 1984 as Lt/Col. R. Hargreaves OBE.
He had two sons and four grandchildren. He was much loved and respected 
by all his family.


1791 VIII F
SGT. CHAPMAN

1910 VIII F
LT. BELL HAMNICK

1190 VIII F
FRED GITTINS

1305 VIII F
STUART CLARK

1300 VIII F
JAKE DITELBURN

1307 VIII F
LEO RIDER

1676 VIII F
CAPT. JIMMY LAIDLAW

1689 VIII F
CAPT. TOMMY DAY

1804 VIII F
BERTIE POND

1809 VIII F
C. RAVENSCROFT

1148 VIII F
PETER BARNETT

1223 VIII F
MIKE SAVILL

1159 VIII F
ALAN THOMAS

1649 VIII F
"LOU" LEWELLYN

1396 VIII F
CAPT. VANDERSON

1199 VIII F
A. MATIER

1956 VIII F
DEWY'S BATY

270179 IV B
LT. RODDY MORGAN
Lt Morgan was held at Stalag IV-B.

A sheet-metal P.O.W. dogtag from Stalag IV-B.
(Vorster-collection)

Stalag IV-B (or Stalag IV B) was one of the
largest prisoner of war camps in Germany during World War II.
The main camp was located 8km NE of the town
Mühlberg in Brandenburg, just east of the Elbe river and
about 30 miles (50 km) north of Dresden.
In 1941 British, Australian and South African soldiers arrived
after the fall of Tobruk.

1589 VII F
CAPT. CHARLEY RAYTON

1303 VIII F
PAT NAPIER

1195 VIII F
LT. TOPPER BROWN

1201 VIII F
LT. CAL REDDIE

1402 VIII F
LT JOHN MESSENT

516 XII B
GALLIMORE

1241 VIII F
DENTISH

1596 VIII F
DANNY GREEN

1323 VIII F
LT. KEN MARSH

571 XII B
LT. DAVID WRIGHT

1234 VIII F
LT. FRANKENBERG

1216 VIII F
LT. HIPPO STODDART

1654 VIII F
T. SAMPSON

1269 VIII F
LT. WILLIE WILSDEN


1404 VIII F
LT. JACK WIX

1588 VIII F
2/LT. RADIE

1653 VIII F
PETER KING

1322 VIII F
GORDON YOUNG

1257 VIII F
JOHN TEMPLE

1212 VIII F
CAPT. MIKE MARSHALL

1238 VIII F
LT. BOB MARSDEN

1485 VIII F
LT. ALAN LINTON

1427 VIII F
LT. DENYS YATES

2101 VIII F
CAPT. WILLIE WALTER

1946 VIII F
REG DRURY

1868 VIII F
"TWIST" ASTLEY-COOPER

918 VIII F
LT. REG HALL

1418 VIII F
LT. FREDDIE MILNE