In June 2018 I visited the Wormhoudt massacre site, near Dunkirk which was site of the mass murder of 80 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the Battle of France in May 1940. Wormhoudt massacre - Wikipedia. My grandfather was one of the men – he was Pvt. Thomas E George of the Royal Warwickshire regiment – 5105580. My questions are would anyone like to see any of the images taken of the trip – memorial and cemetery and that there appears to have been over 80 soldiers of which 15+ escaped, and only 34 names of the dead mentioned – are there any other sources of the remaining soldiers that were murdered? Many thanks – David Hircock
Welcome to the forum. There is quite abit on the forum about it but always good to see members photos . As he was British he'd have been a Pte . Pvt is an American abbreviation.
Hi David & welcome As Owen says use the site as well, type 'Wormhoudt' into the seach box and stand back TD
You got his service number wrong. I see he's buried in the mass grave at Esquelbecq which pretty much confirms he was at the barn or very near it. Casualty
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 Name: Thomas George Given Initials: T E Rank: Private Death Date: May 1940 Number: 5105880 Birth Place: Coventry Residence: Warwickshire Branch at Enlistment: Infantry Theatre of War: France and Belgium Campaign, 1939/40 Regiment at Death: Royal Warwickshire Regiment Branch at Death: Infantry TD