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John Choma memories

Hi. I can remember coming to that blacksmiths shop (Chain Bridge Forge) when I was about 6 years old. I'd broken my pedal go-kart. About 1966. Which leads me to my father. He was Ukraine. And I know h…
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Prisoner of War Registration Card

Mr Choma prisoner of war registration card…
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Spalding People And Italian Prisoners (Lincs Free Press)

From the Lincolnshire Free Press, January 1st 1945:     ”NOW LET ME SPEAK” To the Editor of the “Free Press” Sir - We know that many English people have feelings towards Italian Pri…
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What was life like for POWs in the UK?

Germans would sometimes get themselves deliberately captured so that they could give the British information (which was often haphazard and out of context) and would then ask to join the British Army.…
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People’s Memories of Fulney Park Camp (Camp 153) and Sutton Bridge Camp

  Ivan Bateman : "It is apparent from reading the newspaper reports from the time that preparations for War were in full swing well before the actual declaration in September 1945. ARP trial b…
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Other newspaper articles mentioning Fulney Park Camp

From Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian, Saturday 18 August 1945: P.O.W.s ON LAND WORK 300 Germans in South Holland In addition to others who are brought in from camps outside the county, up…
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Ogefr Klaus Labeth (POW)

1946 Prisoner of War Letter sheet addressed from Ogefr Klaus Labeth, Fulney Park camp, Spalding Lincolnshire, No 153 POW Camp, Great Bri…
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Adolf Weber (Fulney Park Camp POW) death certificate

Alfred Weber, who became a land worker, died on the 21st October 1962 of a skull fracture, which brought on brain injury, and dislocation of his neck after his motor cycle collided with a motor car. H…
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Adolf Weber (Fulney Park Camp POW) marriage certificate

Adolf Weber married Joy Louisa Wright (formerly Winyard, divorced from a man named Eric Wright) when he was 35 years old, in December 1949. Joy was 45 years old. Adolf Weber was a farm labourer by tha…
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Adolf Weber (inmate of Fulney Park Camp) birth certificate

Translation: Birth Certificate Registry Office: Pforzheim Adolf Weber is born 25th February 1914 in Pforzheim Father: Roofer Adolf Weber, Protestant Mother: Friederike Weber, born Lu…
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