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Basil Lowe, POW
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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:59 authored by Their Finest Hour Project TeamBasil Lowe, born in 1925 served as a Private (14553203) with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry during the Second World War.
Posted as Missing in Action on the 4th October, 1943, he had in fact been captured at Anzio in Italy. He was sent to POW camp in Bavaria, Germany, Stalag 7a where he spent the rest of the war.
Basil was demobbed on the 30th September, 1947 and post-war worked for Tomatoland in Malvern, one of the foremost horticultural businesses in the country, a place of employment where he also met his wife.
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1. The campaign medals of Private Basil Lowe, 14553203, K.O.Y.L.I. 2. The identity tags of Private Basil Lowe. 3. A letter to Private Lowe's parents that he was a POW in Germany. 4. Various letters, news cuttings and documents including Certificate of Transfer to the Army Reserve, an article about Basil being listed as missing and letters from friends who heard he was a POW on the radio.Person the story/items relate to
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Shared at Malvern Library, Worcestershire on 13 May 2023.Record ID
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