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148840 Captain Peter Perse

Picture of Soldier of 11th Parachute Battalion

Born: 16 Nov 1916
Died: 16 Oct 1990
Age at death: 73 years, 11 months, and 0 days

Company: A
Section: HQ
Parachute Course: K48

Prisoner of War

Captured on 21 Sep 1944

  • Lazarett Apeldoorn — Apeldoorn, Netherlands, 19 Sep 1944 – 25 Sep 1944
  • Lazarett Burgsteinfurt — Burgsteinfurt, 25 Sep 1944 – 27 Sep 1944
  • Lazarett Lingen — Lingen (Ems), Emsland, 27 Sep 1944 – 04 Dec 1944
  • Stalag 11B — Fallingbostel, Hanover, 04 Dec 1944 – 07 Dec 1944
  • Oflag 79 — Braunschweig, 07 Dec 1944 – 12 Apr 1945

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.