Hi, looking for info on my great uncle Henry Francis HUDSON, 1st Bn RWK, POW Malbork

Good afternoon all. Have not posted in a while due to all leads kind of fizzling out and accepting I may have gotten as much of the large info as as I could, however as time has gone by a few things have popped up.

One such thing was finding the regimental journals of this http://thequeensownbuffs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Journal-No-11-Autumn-2005.pdf

a series of stories from a soldier called Ken Clarke who mentions Harry in his stories. He joined with him from the home they were in in Kent and went off to India. He must have been good friends and I actually have photos of Ken and Harry.

Ken mentions that Harry became the MO’s truck driver. Last year I paid no heed to what MO actually meant but I realised this week I didn’t know. Medical Officer......

so, with that information in mind, would there be ways of finding out who that MO may have been? Would there be several of them? Would there be recordings etc?

thanks
Ross

 

Ross,

Here is your great uncle's POW Card WO 416/186/381 he was captured 1st June 1940, Cassel theatre. Many of the battalion were down as missing since 22nd May 1940.

Hope this is of help.

brithm

 

that is fantastic thank you for that valuable record! I have never sent this before!

much appreciated

Ross

 

Quiz question. On the national archive link it states there is a photograph and fingerprints. Would we be able to order and have copies of those if I requested them?

thanks,

Ross

 

An infantry batn would normally have one MO attached from the RAMC who would also have an orderly He would have a 15 cwt truck allocated for his kit and medical equipment/supplies.

 

Good morning all. Hope everyone is well. I have just come across these two great pictures of my great uncle I have never seen before. Listed on find a grave. I had checked a while ago but a distant family member appears to have updated this!

 

And another. Looks as if it is his time in India pre war!

 

You may have already done this by now -- but if not yes you can as it is an open record - however not sure if TNA are doing copies at the moment. The charges will be a lot more than any researcher on this site is likely to charge, but as there are no visits at the moment and then severely curtailed when they are, it is worth enquiring as the record card will only be a few pages. These cards provide invaluable information including the locations and names of companies or businesses where the men are sent to work. It will be in German of course but that's easily overcome these days.

 

Good morning all, I hope this post finds everyone well and ready for Christmas. More pieces to my great uncles capture and story in the RWK. I have finally been sent copies of the POW card from the National Archives (9 pages in total sent. I have sent them to a friend in Germany to be translated so await that result). But I can see now he was captured in Cassel on 1/6/1940 so my long standing search for information continues....



the search continues........

Ross

 

Ross,
I had similar research to find the Battalion MO that my father would have served with. I found the detail in New Zealand's National Archives in a file for the Battalion "Field return of officers" army form W3008, that is completed weekly on Saturday. Maybe your TNA will have similar files?

 

Brilliant, thanks for the advice. I will research and see if there is anything similar which I can locate!

Ross

 

You probably already have this but just in case;

 

I do not actually. Thank you, where is this from?

Ross

 

Find my past casualty lists. Glad I posted it, Merry Christmas.

 

There is also a document available PRO, Kew re;
Stalag XX.B: Murder of Private H.F. Hudson. Here; Stalag XX.B: Murder of Private H.F. Hudson. | The National Archives

 

Ah yes, I do have this. It has been a while since I looked at them. They are a collection of affidavits from the soliders who witnessed it.