- Contributed by听
- dreamscorpio
- People in story:听
- Lewis Edwards, Johnny Johnson, Jack Smith, Frank Crockford, Ron Harwood
- Location of story:听
- Poland
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A3298043
- Contributed on:听
- 18 November 2004
Back Row (L-R) Johnny Johnson (RPs), Jack Smith (Signals), Frank Crockford (Driver) and Front Row (L-R) Ron Harwood (Signals), Lewis Edwards (Signals) photographed at the Whitbread Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent between September 1939 - May 1940; 'B' Company, 1st Bn QVR
This was dad's harrowing written account of the forced march from Poland to Germany.
Forced march by British PoWs from Poland to Germany 1945
Starting from Marienburg January 23rd at 2am
From/To/Distance (KM)/Food Supplied (x/x = fraction)
Marienburg Dirschau 26 1 loaf. 1 parcel.
NOTE: Night in open field 25-30 below zero. 3 men died.
Dirschau Schoneck 24
Schoneck Tyldon 18 1/2 loaf.
Tyldon Berent 23
NOTE: This stage was through a snow blizzard. 4 men died.
Berent Butow 35 3/8 loaf
NOTE: 4 days rest. 50 men badly frostbitten.
Butow Reinwasser 30
Reinwasser Baldenburgh 32
Baldenburgh Bublitz 18 1/4 loaf.
Bublitz Tychow 35 1/4 loaf.
Tychow Belgard 28 1/2 loaf.
Belgard Gross Pobloth 16
Gross Pobloth Dargeslaff 31
Dargeslaff Zurkwitz 24
Zurkwitz Revenow 22
Revenow Durrencehof 10
Durrencehof Pritter 34
Pritter Zirchow 20
Zirchow Pinnow 28 1/4 loaf
NOTE: 1 days rest.
Pinnow Posthow 19
Posthow Seltz 28
Seltz Grevenson 28 1/4 loaf
Grevenson Gielow 29
NOTE: 8 days rest. 1 food parcel. 1/2 loaf.
Gielow Dahmen 20
Dahmen Jurgenshof 29
Jurgenshof Zarchlin 15
NOTE: 1 days rest. 1/2 loaf.
Zarchlin Brook 12
Broock Blievensdorf 37
Blievensdorf Neu-Lublow 15
NOTE: 7 days rest. 5 - 11 March. 1/18, 1/5 and 1/7 loaf. 1/4 and 1/5 food parcel.
Neu-Lublow Uelitz 13 1/7 loaf
NOTE: 7 days rest until March 19th. 1/5, 1/5, 1/7, 1/7, 1/7, 1/7, 4/5 loaf.
Uelitz Warlow 31 1/2
NOTE: 2 days rest.
Warlow Garlin 37 1/2
Garlin Schilde 28 3/4 loaf
Schilde Vielbaum 24
NOTE: 1 days rest.
Vielbaum Erxleben-Mockon 24
Erxleben-Mockon Dahlen 25
NOTE: 1 days rest.
Dahlen Stendal 7
Into cattle-trucks fromm Stendal to Halberstadt (via Magdeburg).
On arrival at Halberstadt 400 men placed in old barn, 600 in old bier-garten.
No bread issued.
10 men share one litre of carrot-soup per day, plus 2 small boiled potatoes per man.
All put to work coal loading and clearing up wreckage at railway station.
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