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Name: Richard Edgington. Date of Birth: 21 August 1915. Place of Birth: Chadsmoor....

Catalogue reference: WO 416/108/289

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This record is about the Name: Richard Edgington. Date of Birth: 21 August 1915. Place of Birth: Chadsmoor.... dating from [1939-1945] in the series War Office: German Record cards of British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War and.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WO 416/108/289
Date
[1939-1945]
Description

Name: Richard Edgington.

Date of Birth: 21 August 1915.

Place of Birth: Chadsmoor.

Service: [unspecified].

Rank: Private.

Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [unspecified].

Service Number: 206087.

Date of Capture: 29 April 1941.

Theatre of Capture: Griechl.

Camp Name/Number: Stalag XVIIIA Wolfsberg.

PoW number: 1277.

Date of Death: [unspecified].

Number of Photographs: 1.

Number of Fingerprints: 1.

Number of X-rays: 0.

Number of Cards: 3.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16782910/

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WO 416

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