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Corps of Military Police Record

Surname:Thairs
Initials:R G
Rank:Sergeant
Army Number:7686881
Notes:CMP. POW. Enlisted in to CMP. 7/6/46 to class Z (T) reserv.
Extracts from Army Record:- He was born 20/11/16 to Tooting, London, He enlisted 5/3/40 at Aldershot, he resided in 6 Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London, W 1. He married Majorie Kathleen Mount 9/6/45 at Southampton, Hants, Occupation Clerk. 5/3/40 he enlisted in to CMP, 20/6/40 posted missing, POW, 26/4/45 repatriated. Served Home 5/3/40 to 7/5/40, France 8/5/40 to 20/6/40, Germany POW 21/6/40 to 254/45. Home 26/4/45 to 29/4/45, BAOR 25/9/45 tp 4/2/46. Jp,e 5/2/46.
Casualty List 283/26, BEF, France, missing, 10/5 to 16/6/1940.
Casualty List 460/2, POW previously reported Missing, List 283.
POW Stalag 344, Lambinowice, Poland.
Casualty List 1741/34, POW. Corrections, previous List 460 & 287, POW previously reported as missing.
Casualty List 1762/47, POW. Previously reported POW in German hands (Germany) not now POW., previous List 480 (corrected by 1741) France.
He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star. (from army record). Shown as awarded 1939-1945 Star, France & Germany Star in army record 11/45.
Address:- "Rosedale" Fleet Road, Fleet, Hants.
Richard George Thairs.
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Stalag 344 POLAND 🇵🇱