2656317 Guardsman Frank PARSONS, 3rd Bn Coldstream Guards: POW, Italy 27/12/1944

Hello members,
I've recently bought a General Service Medal with a Palestine clasp to 2656317 Guardsman Frank Parsons. He had a busy war!! Wounded in France circa 1th June 1940 (date not reported) and then captured in Italy on 27th December 1944 together with 2665249 Guardsman E A Lemon (both 3rd Battalion).
We all know that POWs for that period in the war are fairly scarce, so I was wondering if perhaps anyone had the war diary, and the two men are mentioned?
Thanks very much to anyone who can help.
Dave

 

Hi Dave,

Here are the pages from the war diary for that dates.

 

These are reports from members of the platoon giving a more detail on the circumstances in which the two Guardsmen were captured.







Hope these help.

Regards,
Gary.

 

Gary, That's absolutely fantastic. Thanks very much. I never imagined I would know so much detail about his capture.
Dave

 

Dave,

As an addition it appears Lieutenant Llloyd, the carrier platoon commander mentioned above, was awarded the Military Cross for this action.

 

Thanks once again Gary. Great, really paints a picture of the action. Parson's was safely released from captivity at the end of the war and was discharged to the reserve in 1946. His enlistment book entry is on Find My Past, so I know a few bits about him.
Regards
Dave