Hi - have just signed up and wanted to say hello my name is Karen and I’ve been researching my family tree for over 20 years, my late grandad was a POW at Stalag XI A - he had served at Tobruk as a gunner in the Royal Artillery - trying to research as much as I can as he never spoke of it (understandably) appreciate any feedback - thank you
Thank you - I wasn’t sure if it was the right place to post lots of info - didn’t want to bombard but his name was Cyril Bernard Barker, 1604227 was his Army number and 141164 his POW number - thank you
Karen could you re check his army number please 1604227 refers to a Samuel Toseland Royal Artillery . Thanks Kyle
Capture in the Aegean in November 1943 thought possibly during the battles for Kos,Leros and Rhodes (Oct-November 1943 ) when I checked theres a German PoW card at Kew which confirms this WO 416/18/322 Name: Cyril Bernard Barker. Date of Birth: 8 June 1918. Place of Birth: Coventry. Service: British Army. Rank: [Gunner]. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Royal Artillery]. Service Number: [1602447]. Date of Capture: 17 November 1943. Theatre of Capture: Leros, Greece. Camp Name/Number: "Stalag XI Altengrabow" PoW number: 14164. Date of Death: [unspecified]. Number of Photographs: 0. Number of Fingerprints: 0. Number of X-rays: 0. Number of Cards: 1. Kyle
Oh my goodness! Thank you so so much - there is a lot of information here I never knew - really appreciate your help - thank you again
