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Soldier Record

Surname:Woods
Initials:R
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:3709326
Notes:CMP. Formerly Kings's Own Royal Regiment, transferred to CMP. Casualty Lists 532 Greece, Missing, 28/4/1941. Casualty List 579, Greece, previously shown on casualty list No. 532, missing now POW. POW Stalag 383, Hohenfels, Rhineland Palatinate. Casualty List 1839, previously reported POW not not POW, previous list 579, Greece.General Questionnaire for British POW. MI9/Gen/MIS-X. 118087. 3709326, Cpl, Woods, Robert, decorations: Africa Star, Palestine GSM, Indian Frontier. 7 Armd Div Pro Coy, CMP, born 6/8/13, enlisted 13/1/30, Regular Soldier, 58 Queens Road, Caverhsam, Reading, Berks, captured: Greece 22/4/41, main POW camps: XVIIIA, Austria, from 22/4/41 to 15/9/42, Stalag 383, Bavaria, from 15/9/42 to 22/4/45. Where you in a working camp? No.Robert Woods.
Decoration Record:
Decoration: General Service Medal 1918 (London Gazette: WO 100504 Page: 134 Feb. 21, 1940)
Citation: Clasp Palestine 1935-39 awarded as Pte, Kings Own Royal Regiment.

Prisoner of War Record:

Imprisonment: Stalag 383 GERMANY 🇩🇪