ww2 pow daniels

[linda-1]

hii all,
       my father in law  arthur daniels  was a prisoner of war  and  was supposed to have rescued an itailian princess  from the camp
 how would i find info on this out? where it was etc
i have his service  number
 linda

[themonsstar]

I can find 3 A.Daniels:

2697502 L/Cpl A.Daniels Corps of Military Police (CMP) PoW Camp (3A) Luckenwalde, PoW number 249116.

2937888 Pte A.Daniels Cameron Highlanders (Queen Own) PoW Camp (4B) Muhlberg (Elbe) PoW number 247201.

3779466 Pte A.Daniels East Yorkshire Regt (East York) PoW Camp (4C)  Wistritz bei Teplitz PoW number 259073.

Have a look on the Map for the camps

[linda-1]

HI THERMOSTAR,
JUST GOT TOLD  APPARANTLY ARTHUR WAS A POW IN ITALY .HENCE THE PRINCESS HE RESCUED 
ARMY NUMBER  T/183397 RASC
I HAVE 3 MEDALS  THAT I SENT FOR
 1939/45 STAR         AFRICA STAR             WAR MEDAL 1939/45
LINDA-1

[annsa]

Hi,

They may well be a PoW debriefing report for him at the National Archives. It is possibly in the WO344 files, however, if he evaded for some time there may also be a report in the WO208 files. I haven't looked at PoW reports, but there is a card index to most of the WO208 files in the NA, although the latter series of files in WO208 (the Liberation reports) are not indexed.
I posted a link under Escape and Evasion reports to a website where some of the indices to the WO208 files can be looked at and you might find his name there, although I would think it more likely that any file is extant is in the WO344 series.

Best of luck,

Ann

[linda-1]

hi ann, what web-site did you post them to?
 would be nice to find something out
thanks  linda-1

[annsa]

Hi Linda,

It's on Steve Brew's 41 Squadron website, details below:

''During a recent visit to the National Archives at Kew, I tried to locate reports made by 41 Squadron pilots who evaded or escaped during WWII. The information desk at the NA do not hold a master index, so I photographed the personal name indexes in the front of the files I ordered, namely WO208/3314 (1943), WO208/3316 (1943), WO208/3317 (1943-1944), WO208/3326 (1945) and WO208/3327 (1945). I thought they may interest others so posted them on the internet at:
http://brew.clients.ch/Index%20WO208.htm

I have also included on this page the top level index shown in the NA catalogue, for quick reference to the Escape/Evasion Reports: Code MI9/SPG: 1-3122, held in WO208/3298-3327.' '

I suspects that your person's file if extant will probably be i the WO344 files though.

Regards,

Ann

[linda-1]

ho annsa,
                 i have had a look through and nothing so far ,but cheers for your help and will take a deeper look later
being sunday its the dinner  waiting to be done  etc
regards linda-1

[annsa]

Hi Linda,

Don't forget these are the Escape and Evasion reports, NOT the PoW reports (WO344) where I would think that Daniel's report is. You need a trip to Kew to look atthose.

Best of luck,

Ann