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I have found a WW2 Army Causality List on ancestry, it states at the top of the page "Previously reported Prisoner of War in German Hands (Germany) now Not Prisoner of War".
Yet I found a WW2 card with "POW Number 8258, Camp Type Stalag, Camp Number XX-B Camp Location   Malbork, Poland.
John Littleford born 28 Dec 1917 Birmingham, may have been Pte 5570444 Regiment Wiltshire

Does this mean he was never a PoW? 

Hi all
I know for sure that the lady on left of photo is Maria Cunningham b1864 (England).  Rootschat dated the photo to be mid 1880's, so she would be around 21 years of age. Do you think she looks 21 or a a little older (25-30 years old)?

I obtained the other photo from another source and they believe she too is Maria Cunningham.  Again, I had the photo dated in Rootschat and the response was 1880s and they sent me a link to https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~victorianphotographs/history/date/a1880.htm - her hair looks similar to 1880 and dress to 1880-1883. If 1880 then she could be 16 years old.

I can't see any resemblance between the two photos - is it the same person? What do you think.
Thank you.

I have added a better photo.

Hi All, can you please help to date the group photo?  The elder lady - different families have her down as:
a) Maria Anderson (formerly Cunningham, Farrow) - born Dec 1841, died Feb 1918, age 76.
b) Mary Ann Raine (Stobbs) - born Jun 1817 died Nov 1907, age 90.

The two ladies Maria and Mary Ann are related by the marriage of Jonathan Stobbs son of Mary Ann and Maria Cunningham daughter of Maria.

We don't know who the other folk are. Looking at the elder lady, gentleman and the younger lady - would you say this is 3 generations? i.e. the gentleman is not the husband of either of the ladies. Maria 2nd husband David Farrow was born 1849 d1900. Mary Ann's husband John Stobbs died 1868.

The other photo is the same lady, we don't know who the boy is. Or if both photos were taken at the same time. But it gaves you a good image of the elder lady.

thank you.

My great grandfather was a sailor and he died on board the SS Ataka in 1907 whilst in port in Russia.  I have the log book for the vessel. Written in the log book is a Statement on what was owned to Henry - Total earnings £11 2s 6d, Total deductions £6 2s 6d, Balance £5 5s 0d.'  What would the deductions be for?

Several of the crew including captain Munday were struck down with a mysterious illness in Aug 1936. The Captain decided to alter his course to Madeira where a number of the crew died, one being John David Porter. At first their thought it was food poison but later that year after blood had been taken from the surviving crew it turned out that it was yellow fever. 

Does anyone know how to find the cemetery in Funchal, Madeira, where John and the others are buried.  I have tried Find A Grave but no luck.

John Porter died 3 September 1936 at Funchal Hospital.