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Signalman Albert Derbyshire
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Signalman Albert Derbyshire Veteran

Birth
Basford, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England
Death
19 Jan 1945 (aged 23)
Germany
Monument
Dunkirk, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
Column 30.
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First Name: Albert
Initials: A
Surname: Derbyshire
DOB: Circa 1921
Age: 24
Birth County: Nottinghamshire.
Nationality: British
Resided County: Nottinghamshire.
Date of Death: 19/01/1945
Fate: Dead as Prisoner of War
POW Camp: Stalag XXA Thorn
Other POW: Stalag 20b, Marienburg
Information: POW No. 18781
Information: SON OF RICHARD AND ANNIE DERBYSHIRE.
Rank: Signalman
Service Number: 2584305
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals
Battalion: 1 Air Form. Sigs.
Place of Death: France and Belgium Campaign, 1939/40

Albert Derbyshire who was wounded and captured at Dunkirk 1940 and sent to Stalag XX-A a P.O.W. camp at Torun, Poland. He was made to march west in freezing weather with little or no food or shelter and died along the way.
First Name: Albert
Initials: A
Surname: Derbyshire
DOB: Circa 1921
Age: 24
Birth County: Nottinghamshire.
Nationality: British
Resided County: Nottinghamshire.
Date of Death: 19/01/1945
Fate: Dead as Prisoner of War
POW Camp: Stalag XXA Thorn
Other POW: Stalag 20b, Marienburg
Information: POW No. 18781
Information: SON OF RICHARD AND ANNIE DERBYSHIRE.
Rank: Signalman
Service Number: 2584305
Service: British Army
Regiment: Royal Corps Of Signals
Battalion: 1 Air Form. Sigs.
Place of Death: France and Belgium Campaign, 1939/40

Albert Derbyshire who was wounded and captured at Dunkirk 1940 and sent to Stalag XX-A a P.O.W. camp at Torun, Poland. He was made to march west in freezing weather with little or no food or shelter and died along the way.

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