doing some research for my mother, her uncle a dublin man fredrick fellner was a royal artillary pow and was killed around dec 1944 near berlin we think. looking for any tips on finding a little more on him where he might be buried and stuff like that
hello and welcome to the forum details below Gunner FREDERICK FELLNER 785000, 202 Bty. 51 Anti-Tank Regt., Royal Artillery who died age 36 on 16 December 1944 Remembered with honour BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY CWGC :: Cemetery Details Photo courtesy of Forum Member Smudger Jnr and posted by forum member Ramacal http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/searching-someone-military-genealogy/21194-royal-artillery-roll-honour-1939-47-a-49.html
From UK, British Army Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 on Ancestry.com Name:F. Fellner Rank:Serjeant Major Army Number:785000 Regiment:Royal Artillery POW Number:18310 Camp Type:Stalag Camp Number:III-A Camp Location:Luckenwalde, Brandenburg Record Office:Royal Artillery (Field) Record Office, Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent Record Office Number:5 Information about Stalag III-A can be found here: Stalag 3A - Prisoners of War: WWII You should, if you have not already, apply for his military records. Ministry of Defence | About Defence | What we do | Personnel | Service Records | Making a Request for Information held on the Personnel Records of Deceased Service Personnel Also a visit to The National Archives may yield some information, check out this leaflet before doing any research there it may help, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/2jan2005.pdf. Mark
He picked up a MiD along the way (for his conduct as a POW ?) SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 28 JUNE, 1945 War Office, 28th June, 1945 The KING has been graciously pleased to approve posthumous awards of Mentions-in-Despatches to the following in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in. the field: Royal Regiment of Artillery. 785000 Gnr. F. FELLNER. Indian Army. 2 Punjab R. 1132 Hav. MODH KHAN.
hi im only new to this site but hav got great info on my great uncle his name was frederick fellner,his dad came from austria and married irish lady dont know when he joined the english army but i have some photos of him in india, he was in stalag 3a an died not sure how on 16th dec 1944
Hi I've moved your post out of the Irish Guards POW thread and into the POW section. Two threads merged Best of luck with your research, Diane CWGC :: Casualty Details Gunner FREDERICK FELLNER 785000, 202 Bty. 51 Anti-Tank Regt., Royal Artillery who died age 36 on 16 December 1944 Remembered with honour BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY Grave/Memorial Reference: 10. A. 1.
You can apply for a copy of his service records by following this link - Ministry of Defence | About Defence | What we do | Personnel | Service Records | Making a Request for Information held on the Personnel Records of Deceased Service Personnel A fee of £30 is payable and you should include a copy of the CWGC certificate as proof of death (Click on CWGC link in previous post and find the Certificate button). There is a wait of several months before copies are sent out.
Frederick's 1911 Census record can be found here: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000081028/ Mark