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6010893 Private James Horsley

Picture of Soldier of 11th Parachute Battalion
Source; National Archives. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Born: 06 Nov 1917

Company: SP
Platoon: MMG?
Parachute Course: K56

Prisoner of War — No. 118223
  • Lazarett Apeldoorn — Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 29 Sep 1944 – 15 Oct 1944
  • Stalag 11B — Fallingbostel, Hanover, 16 Oct 1944 – 08 Apr 1945
    Working camp: Bad Grund, 29 Oct 1944 – 08 Apr 1945 (Lead Mining)

Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton; Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom this website would not have been possible.