Hi, i am trying to find out where 2Lt John Chaplin Herbert was taken pow at. I know he was bagged on 28.4.41 with the Royal Corps of Signals. Thanks Mick
Hello Ypres, His POW number was 120 and he was held in Offlag 79 at Braunschweig. (Source: WO 392/1 National Archives) You probably know all this anyway. Sorry I can't help with details of his capture. You should send for his service record. Vitellino
Good chance he was taken at Kalamata in Greece. There was a Last Ditch Stand on this day. I should have checked before posting sorry...
UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 Name: J C Herbert Rank: Captain Army Number: 171973 Regiment: Royal Signals POW Number: 120 Camp Type: Oflag Camp Number: 79 Camp Location: Brunswick, Lower Saxony TD
Hi, You may wish to apply to Red Cross for his paper’s on 20th May via this link - Requests for information about people held during Spanish Civil War or the Second World War: Quarterly limit reached It will give you full chapter and verse on his movements as POW. You’ll need to be quick off the mark to check the site about 8am BST to see if the online application form is available - if not check the site every 30 minutes until it does pop up. You need to complete it asap as past experience suggests the application window will close by mid morning. It’s a free service and it takes about 4 months to get paper copies of his ICRC papers delivered through the post. Good Luck Steve
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: John Chaplin Herbert Death Age: 78 Birth Date: 16 Aug 1911 Registration Date: Sep 1989 Registration district: Canterbury Inferred County: Kent Volume: 16 Page: 321 In case you want to apply for his service records England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: John C Herbert Mother's Maiden Name: Chaplin Registration Year: 1911 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district: Wandsworth Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: London Volume: 1d Page: 1277 John Chaplin Herbert Birth: 16 Aug 1911 Death: Sep 1989 - Canterbury, Kent, England Marriage: 1936 - Easington, Durham, England Spouse: Catherine L Fox F: Joseph Edward Herbert M: Alice Kate Chaplin TD