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4127126 Private Thomas Hughes

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Born: 13 Nov 1916

Company: A

Prisoner of War — No. 117585

Captured on 22 Sep 1944

  • Stalag 11B — Fallingbostel, Hanover, 24 Sep 1944 – 13 Jan 1945
    Working camp: Sugar Factory, Hanover, 03 Oct 1944 – 01 Jan 1945
  • Stalag 3A — Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, 18 Jan 1945 – 13 Feb 1945
  • Stalag 11A — Altengrabow, Saxony, 20 Feb 1945 – 03 Mar 1945
  • Stalag 4D — Torgau, Saxony, 10 Mar 1945 – 15 Mar 1945

Released: 09 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.