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Second Lieutenant F Robson OBE

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This record is about the Second Lieutenant F Robson OBE dating from c.1982.

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Title
Second Lieutenant F Robson OBE
Date
c.1982
Description

Printed journal (printed ca. 1982, 47pp photocopy) covering Robson's experiences in the ranks of the Leicestershire Regiment (June 1940-May 1941), his service as a Subaltern with the 8th Battalion of the Regiment in England (June 1941-ca. February 1942), his voyage to South Africa (ca. March-April 1942), his service there with the 7th Battalion, The Green Howards (50th Division), his capture soon after his arrival at Mersa Matruh (June 1942), and imprisonment in North Africa (June-July 1942), Italy (Sulmona and Bologna ca. July 1942-July 1943) and Germany (Oflag VA, Weinsberg, July 1944-March 1945; Oflag VIIA Moosburg, April 1945) and his liberation by the Americans.

Held by
Imperial War Museum Department of Documents
Language
English
Creator(s)
<persname>Robson, Frank, b c 1914, Second Lieutenant</persname>
Physical description
PHOTOCOPIES
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Unrestricted

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7b3cbdd6-2fc0-49ee-840e-ab2adb7b060c/

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Second Lieutenant F Robson OBE