| Surname: | Richardson |
| Initials: | C C |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7578208 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Enlisted in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, transferred to CMP. Casualty List 283/26, BEF, France, missing, 10/5 to 16/6/1940. Casualty List 321/26, BEF, France, now POW previously reported missing on list 283.. POW. Stalag 344, Lambinowice, Poland. Casualty List 1844, reported as POW not now POW, previous list 321, France. 18/12/45 Discharged. General Questionnaire for British POW. MI9/Gen/MIS-X.124461. 7578208, L/Cpl, Richardson, Cecil Charles, 1 Div Pro Coy, CMP, born 7/11/00, enlisted 1/9/39, occupation AA Road Patrolman, address:- "Kenwal", 15 Clement Avenue, Leicester, where captured ? Sile le Belgium France, 20/5/40, were you wounded when captured ? Yes, Main POW Camps: Boulogne General Hospital, from 24/5/40 to 2/6/40, Etaples General Hospital, from 5/6/40 to 20/7/40. were you in a working camp ? Yes, Lamsdorf O/Selesia, 307/40 to 3/44, coal mines, wood factory, Adlesdorf Freiwaldau, 3/44 to 5/45. Did you receive adequate medical treatment ? Yes. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice ? I would like to make special mention and thanks to the courtesy and kindness of the Czechoslovakian civilian peoples, the Russian and American Armies on release from captivity who gave us their all in some cases when we were destitute. 5/1/49 He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Address:- He was awarded the 1939-1945 Star, War Medal. Cecil Charles Richardson. Extract from The People, 4/8/40. YOUR NEWS OF THESE. Relatives of men missing while serving with the Armed Forces appeal to readers of "The People" for information which may allay their anxiety. Mrs M Richardson, 15, Clement Avenue Leicester wants news of her son Lance Corporal Cecil Richardson, 151 Pro Coy, Corps of Military Police, missing nine weeks. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag 344 POLAND 🇵🇱 |