WOOD, Peter

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Rank: 
Sapper
Unit / Base: 
1 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Engineers
Service: 
Army
Number: 
2093376
P.O.W. number: 
25471
P.O.W. camps: 
Camp BAB20, Heydebreck, Reigersfeld, Germany
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Stalag XX-A (20A), Thorn (Torun), Poland
Born: 
Sunday, March 7, 1920
Birthplace: 
Staffordshire
Sapper Peter Wood was reported missing 23 May 1940 during operations with the North Western Expeditionary Forces (Norway) (Scissors Force). Later found to be a prisoner of war having been captured on 10 May 1940 at Hemnesberget.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/13, WO417/19, WO417/93
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 (Bab 20), WO392/11 (Stalag 344).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/399/248 ( Stalag 20A)
 
Additional content: 
Independent Companies and Special Service Battalions
Archive pages : 
No 1 Independent Company
Prisoners of War

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