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Offline ADM199

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Abreviations given by M.O.D.
« on: Friday 22 February 13 14:11 GMT (UK) »
Looking through a File regarding B.E.F. Casualties all I can find for one man is;

"Dead Q80 ".

Can anyone decypher the Q80.
Prisoners of War. North Africa,Italy and Germany

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Re: Abreviations given by M.O.D.
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 10 March 13 11:00 GMT (UK) »
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13403&j=1

See above looks like its possibly a War Crimes case from POW interviews

Ady
Lowe(Lower Gornall-Castleford)
Blackburn (Castleford)
Sidwell(Ledsham)
Fairburn(Hartshead)
Wood(Liversedge)
Tallon (Whittington Lancs/Hartshead West Yorkshire)

Researching all Great War soldiers from the Spen Valley of West Yorkshire Especially lads from the Cleckheaton Company of 1/4th West Riding Regiment.