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4279044 Signalman William Carr "Bill"

Picture of Soldier of 11th Parachute Battalion

Born: 19 Jun 1922
Died: 04 Feb 1998
Age at death: 75 years, 7 months, and 16 days

Company: 1 Airborne
Platoon: 4 Para R Signals

Prisoner of War
  • Stalag 12A — Limburg, Hessen-Nassau, 25 Sep 1944 – 14 Nov 1944
  • Stalag 4B — Mühlberg, Saxony, 15 Nov 1944 – 28 Nov 1944
  • Stalag 4A — Hohnstein/Elsterhorst, Saxony, 28 Nov 1944 – 30 Apr 1945
    Working camp: Dresden, 28 Nov 1944 – 30 Apr 1945 (Bomb debris clearance. M.I.9 Q10 crossed out "4A D"; Q11 confirms Dresden working camp.)

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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.