The Wartime Memories Project - Oflag 7B

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Information. Oflag 7B was situated at Eichstätt Hello. My Father, Hemi (Jim) Wiremu, served as a captain with the 8th Battalion of the New Zealand Maori forces. He was captured at Kalamata in the Peloponese, Greece. He ended up in Oflag 7B. We always had his I.D. card until it was stolen when my mother was carrying it in her handbag, as a keepsake after his death. I was looking at your site and under "Oflag 7B" it requests additions to the prisoner list. Is it possible to find a copy of my father's I.D. card? By the way, your site is excellent, keep up the good work! My father was caught at Dunkirk and spent the rest of the war in oflag v11b in Eichstatd. But apparently he was moved there from somewhere near Marberg? could anyone help with identifying a camp near this town. Chris McDonald. UPDATE: I am e mailing from Australia and came across your message as my Dad [Lieut BdeB (Bev) McGeoch, VX 343, 2/7 Battalion, 6 Division, 2nd AIF - Infantry Company Commander] was also at Oflag V11B. He had spoken of being near a concentration camp and I was trying to identify which one as my daughter is studying the holocaust - and yours was the first "hit" when I went on line. Dad was captured on Crete in early June 1941 and I recently found his diary which he kept, sparingly of information, but pretty regularly for almost 4 years. Now as far as Marberg is concerned, he makes refernce to it in the travel from Crete, via Greece and the Balkans to Germany. He refers to being in Belgrade 24 July 1941, Izlag 25 July, Zagreb 25 July, MARBERG (spelt this way) 26 July and Graz 26 July. They then travelled through Germany to Wildpalk and then Lubeck 29 July to 8 October 1941 before arriving in Eichstatt (via some other places) September 1942. In the meantime they had also been at Warburg (is there a name confusion). This is near Kassel and was Oflag VI B. - I am not sure but Marberg seems to have been a transition town only. I did however find a reference to Stalag 4B Muhlberg, so I wonder whether that was it? Anyway, his diary then stops in March 1945, when they started being moved around as both the Americans and Russians closed. There is another much smaller diary of the last weeks which I have seen (somewhere buried in the papers I expect) which relates they were shelled by the Americans who took them for Hungarians. He speaks of the last few months as being hungry and in poor condition, yet excited as they seemed to be well aware of what was happening. They even knew almost immediately of the plot against Hitler. Anyway, I know this doesn't answer your question but maybe it adds a little more to the whole picture. I am going to check out the Battalion history and see if there is anymore. Let me know if that might interest you. It seems odd that after so many years, I so unexpectedly come across someone whose Dad possibly knew, certainly spent time in the company of my Dad, during what was a pretty tough time for them all. My dad's health certainly suffered and he died at 60 - like so many, far too early. I hope this finds you well and may help to track down some more information about your Dad. My Uncle was captured at Dunkirk and imprisoned in a camp in Germany. He was a Captain in the Royal Norfolk Regiment; Captain Charles Benjamin Kemp Jickling. On the last day of the war they were being marched from their camp. They were shot by Americans, who thought they were Germans as they flew over. This was on the 14th April, 1945. He was 29 when he died. Benjamin is buried at Durnbach War Cemetery. He was army No. 00238BA; service umber 67110. I found out from my other Uncle that Ben had been in Eichstatt, Southern Germany; though I suspect not for the entirity of his time in captivity. He is mentioned in the book, 'The Last Escape', by John Nichol and Tony Rennell. You may be interested to have the following information. The German commanders had been ordered to evacuate the camp and march to Moosburg due to the advance of the Russians. This event took place on the 14th April 1945. The brigade moved out in Battalions. Two aeroplanes had been circling overhead; American Mustangs. Six other planes arrived and circled the camp. The leading plane took a dive and burst into machine gun fire. Plane after plane then came roaring over the column blasting the men with machine gunfire. The Americans were in charge of much of the Airspace in Bavaria. The total death toll was 11 British Officers with 50 wounded. It turned out that the Americans thought they were a column of Hungarian troops, who had similar uniform. After the incident they refused to march in the daylight and went by night. They reached Moosburg and were liberated 8 days later. Other methods they used to avoid similar incidents were to make a flag out of old sheets and paint it with a red cross. There is an article about the incident on the City of Kingston Historical Website. Click here to read it. How can I find out more information about where exactly where he was. Did anyone serve with him? Melissa Eisdell My Uncle, 2nd.Lt. George D. Meek, 2nd.Battalion The Cameronians, was captured at the Ypres-Colombines Canal, on 27th. May 1940. He was a prisoner at Laufen Castle OFLAG 7C, in Bavaria and also in OFLAG 7B (Eichstratt). Anyone out there who knew him, or can give me any information about Laufen? George Meek is 2nd. from right, the others unknown. Taken either at Laufen or Eichstatt, I think. Does anyone recognise anyone? Christine Cramb Photographs List of Prisoners Lt."Andy" Andrew Alan Aldridge Lt Col. J D Alger. Second Battalion, 1st Armored Regiment, 1st Amored Division, USA Peter Ambery. Eric Arden Armstrong "Grubby" Barnett. 5th Gordon Highlanders Andrew Biggar Major James W. Blair. Seaforth Highlanders Michael Burrough Flt Lt Charles Fredrick Peter Brown. RNZAF. 7 Squadron. Read his story Jimmy Calderwood. Royal Scots Fusiliers. Joe R. Carry. Royal Signals Douglas Channell Pte Jack Clausner. RRC Henry Cleaver. Royal Artillery Cochrane Cowie Crouch George Cruickshank Dan Cunningham John Dixon Lt Daniel O'Connell Doheny Read his story Peter Edwards. Read his Story Dick Ellis. Royal Signals Lieutenant Antoine Fernand. Belgian Wallace Finlayson Peter Fraser Malcolm Fry Hebbie Gall Michael Goodliffe Read his story Raymond Grace Barrie Grayson Jimmy Guy. Royal Signals. Victor Hellaby Major Aubrey Davidson Houston Lt. James Kenneth Hunter. Essex Scottish. Dick Jackson. Northumberland Fusiliers Sandy Jamieson. Highland Light Infantry Noel Jardine-Paterson Lt.Col. Frederick Kent Jasperson. Commanding Officer of the Essex Scottish Capt. Charles Benjamin Kemp Jickling. Royal Norfolk Regiment.Read his story Tony Johnson George Kerr Major Harold Franklin Lazier. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Ronald Walter Lister. Australian. Read his story Desmond Llewelyn John Long Lieut BdeB "Bev" McGeoch. VX 343, 2/7 Battalion, 6 Division, 2nd AIF. Read his story Walter Leishman McGregor Brian McIrvine Philip Martel 2nd.Lt. George D. Meek. 2nd.Battalion The Cameronians Lieut. Col. C. C. I. Merritt. V.C Nolan Tony Olive W. L. B. O'Hara. Royal Tank Corps Oliver Rex Parkinson. RASC. John Peacock Brian Porter Donald Price Micke Quartermaine Douglas Reith. Royal Signals Dan Ritchie John Scollay Robert Sharpe. Royal Leicesters Lt Danforth A Sherman. Tank Commander Tony Southall John Stansfield Alec Sutton Jack Taylor. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Rob Thom Terence Thorpe-Woods. Capt. James Russell Turnbull. Essex Scottish. Harry Usher Major Elliott Viney Read his story Peter Walker. Royal Signals Bombardier A W Ward. Royal Artillery (Woolwich.) Read his story Lieut. Col Waters Lawrence Wilson Capt Hemi "Jim" Wiremu. 8th Battalion of the New Zealand Maori forces. Read his Story Lt J. E. R. Wood Read his story John Wood Reg Wood Richard Wood Victor Wood Michael Yates Douglas Young If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. If you have a story which you would like to share, or a website dedicated to a POW camp or prisoner of World War Two please get in touch. Send an E-mail to The Wartime Memories Project Links Photos from Olflag 7b POW Camps Index The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation. This website is run out of our own pockets and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 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