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5954640 Private Edward Short "Ted"

Picture of Soldier of 11th Parachute Battalion

Born: 01 Jan 1920
Died: 01 Jan 2018
Age at death: 98 years, 0 months, and 0 days

Company: A
Platoon: 2
Parachute Course: K50

Prisoner of War
  • Stalag 11B — Fallingbostel, Hanover, 28 Sep 1944 – 17 Jan 1945
    Working camp: Dinklar, 16 Oct 1944 – 18 Dec 1944 (Sugar beet factory)
  • Stalag 3A — Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, 20 Jan 1945 – 16 Mar 1945
  • Stalag 11A — Altengrabow, Saxony, 21 Mar 1945 – 12 Apr 1945
  • Stalag 4B — Mühlberg, Saxony, 17 Apr 1945 – 21 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.