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Name: Albert James Smye. Date of Birth: 26/04/1914. Place of Birth: Ipswich....
Catalogue reference: WO 416/337/185
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- [1939-1945]
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Name: Albert James Smye.
Date of Birth:
26/04/1914 .Place of Birth: Ipswich.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Private.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)].
Service Number: [5833120].
Date of Capture:
17 November 1913 .Theatre of Capture: Leros.
Camp Name/Number: Stalag XIA Altengrabow.
PoW number: 141114.
Date of Death:
[unspecified] .Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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WO 416
War Office: German Record cards of British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War and...
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Prisoners of War: William SMITH - Helge SOELBERG. (Described at item level)
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