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14400554 Corporal William Ratchford

Picture of Soldier of 11th Parachute Battalion

Born: 14 Apr 1924

Company: A
Platoon: 3
Parachute Course: 67

Prisoner of War — No. 89956

Captured at Arnhem, 22 Sep 1944

  • Stalag 12A — Limburg, Hessen-Nassau, 29 Sep 1944 – 27 Oct 1944
  • Stalag 4B — Mühlberg, Saxony, 27 Oct 1944 – 26 Nov 1944
  • Stalag 4F — Hartmannsdorf, Saxony, 26 Nov 1944 – 17 Apr 1945
    Laying rails on Reichsbahn (camps from MI9)

Released: 17 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.