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6089049 Private Leslie Sippetts

Picture of Soldier of 11th Parachute Battalion

Born: 10 Jan 1922

Company: A
Platoon: 2
Parachute Course: K48

Prisoner of War — No. 91528
  • Stalag 12A — Limburg, Hessen-Nassau, 30 Sep 1944 – 15 Nov 1944
  • Stalag 4C — Wistritz, Czechoslovakia, 15 Nov 1944 – 25 Nov 1944
  • Stalag 4B — Mühlberg, Saxony, 25 Nov 1944 – 30 May 1945
    Coal Mines (source says "Sudetenland" but this does not match Stalag IV-B/Muhlberg geography - location unverified)

Released: 21 Jun 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.