WW2 POW Records to be Available

[BWEF]

News from the National Archives

"In December 2014, the Ministry of Defence transferred to The National Archives the series of records WO 416 consisting of an estimated 190,000 records of individuals captured in German occupied territory during the Second World War, primarily Allied service men (including Canadians, South Africans, Australians and New Zealanders) but also several hundred British and Allied civilians and a few nurses."

"The collection can contain sensitive information about living individuals so, with the support of volunteers, we have started to catalogue the entire series: this enables us to open records for those born more than 100 years ago or where we have proof of death."

http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/...1MK03I,19LW7,1

If the detail is to be believed it seems that not too many POWs stuck to "name rank and serial number".

[Rob Miller]

Thanks for the link, I have just done a search and found my Great Uncle, and there a couple of bits of info I didn't know.

Rob

[yorkstone]

Great news hears looking forward to the release of all WW 2 records.

Regards

Stephen

[Irv]

Thanks for putting this up on the site.

My next door neighbour's father was a POW in WW2 (3 Commando). I looked up his details and found out he used an alias??!
The family is Jewish so I suppose it makes sense. I told his daughter who didn't know this. Then she remembered a story her father had told her about when he was captured in Italy he was asked his name by a German officer, he suggested that he should use a different name as a Jewish name was not a good idea.

A captured Commando with a jewish name! I'm surprised he made it out the other end alive!!

Thanks again

Regards
Irv

[Tinto]

Originally Posted by BWEF

News from the National Archives

"In December 2014, the Ministry of Defence transferred to The National Archives the series of records WO 416 consisting of an estimated 190,000 records of individuals captured in German occupied territory during the Second World War, primarily Allied service men (including Canadians, South Africans, Australians and New Zealanders) but also several hundred British and Allied civilians and a few nurses."

"The collection can contain sensitive information about living individuals so, with the support of volunteers, we have started to catalogue the entire series: this enables us to open records for those born more than 100 years ago or where we have proof of death."

http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/...1MK03I,19LW7,1

If the detail is to be believed it seems that not too many POWs stuck to "name rank and serial number".

Thank you for this information. I have made application re my brother-in-law's records and I have been asked to provide evidence of his death.
Tinto