| Surname: | Kennedy |
| Initials: | W |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7266989 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Formerly Royal Army Medical Corps, transferred to CMP. Casualty List, 1488/28 missing, North West Europe 6/6/1944. Casualty Lists 1504/28, North West Europe, Previously list 1488, reported missing now reported in Prisoner of War in German Hands, location unknown. POW Stalag IVB, Muhlberg, Elbe, Brandenburg. Casualty List 1822/36, POW, reported as POW, not now POW, 6 Airborne Div Pro Coy, previous List 1504, Western Europe.1/5/1946 to discharge, shown as Gibraltar Pro Coy in discharge book. General Questionnaire for British POW. MI9/Gen/MIS-X. 81416, 7266989, L/Cpl, Kennedy, William, decorations 1939-43 Star. 6 Airborne Div Pro Coy, born8/8/18, born 8/8/18, enlisted 17/7/39, occupation Miner, address: 12 East Vie, Stakeford, Choppington, Northumberland, captured 6/6/44, Normandy. Were you wounded when captured ? No. Main POW Camps: Stalag 12A, Limburg, 1/8/44, Stalag 4B, Muhlberg from 9/44 to 10/44. Where you in a working camp ? Yes, Sebnitz, from 1/10/44 to 4/45, General railway labourer, Dresden, from 4/45 to 5/45, slaughter house, Did you suffer any serious illness while a PW ? No. Did you receive a lecture on who to behave in the event of capture ? Yes, Capt Wells, OC 6 Airborne Div Pro Coy. Were you interrogated by the enemy ? No. Sabotage: Slow working, stealing food. 3/11/48 he was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- 1a Percy Street, Lemington on Tyne, Northumberland. William Kennedy. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag IV B GERMANY 🇩🇪 |