Leonard Wilfred Stanley Wescombe (1919 - 2009)

Born 11 Feb 1919 in West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Constance Susan (Heal) Wescombe — married before 30 Sep 1947 in Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom

Died 4 Dec 2009 at age 90 in Wanstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Birth

Date : 11 February 1919

Place: West Ham Registration District, Essex, England^[1]

Prisoner of War

Private 6402275 L W S Wescombe Royal Sussex Regiment POW number 19859

Place: Stalag XX-B, Malbork, Poland^[2]

The Germans dissolved the camp in January 1945, and the POWs were marched west. The march lasted three and a half months, during which the POWs struggled with cold, hunger, exhaustion, diseases, etc., and were even subjected to forced labor to clear cluttered roads and railroads after Allied bombings. There were days when POWs ate nothing, and some died during the march

Marriage

Date : before 30 September 1947

Place: Hammersmith, Middlesex, England^[3]

Death

Date : 4 December 2009

Place: Wanstead, Essex, England, aged 90^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales Civil Registration Birth Index Leonard Wilfred Stanley Wescombe: MMN Beton: Mar Qtr 1919: West Ham: Volume 4a Page 490
2. ↑ MOD Archives
3. ↑ England & Wales Civil Registration Marriage Index Leonard W S Wescombe & Constance S Haste: Sep Qtr 1947: Hammersmith: Volume 5c Page 2169
4. ↑ England & Wales Civil Registration Death Index Leonard Wilfred Stanley Wescombe; born 11 Feb 1919; died 4 Dec 2009; London E18

See also :

• Wikipedia