Stalag 344

Location: Lamsdorf, Poland

District: Wehrkreis VIII - Breslau (Wroclaw)

Opened: 1943 - Prior to this date, the camp was Stalag VIIIB.

Closed: March 1945

History, Stalag 344

1. Red Cross report, 7th December 1944

2. Red Cross report, 8th December 1944

3. Red Cross report, 19th December 1944

History, BAB 21

1. Red Cross report, 11th May 1942

2. Red Cross report, 8th August 1942

3. Red Cross report, 30th November 1942

POW Stories

Name	Nat.	Date
W/O James Badcock	British	1942-45
Pte George Beck	British	1940-45
Pte George Charlton	British	1940-45
Gnr Robbie Clark	British	1942-45
WOI Jack Elworthy	British	1941-45
Pte Les Foskett	British	1940-45
Cpl Gordon Hines	British	1942-45
W/O Peter Jones	British	1942-43
Pte William Pledger	British	1940-45
Gdsm Charles Saunders	British	1942-45
Cpl Harold Scharfe	British	1942-45
Sgt Norman Shute	Australian	1941-45
Gdsm George Wyatt	British	1940-45

Books

Boldness Be My Friend, by Richard Pape, published by Elek Books, 1953.

Sequel to Boldness, by Richard Pape, published by Oldhams press Ltd., 1959.

Despite Captivity - A Doctor's Life as Prisoner of War, by John Borrie, published by William Kimbber and Co Ltd., 1975.

Offsite Links

Central Prisoner of War Museum in Lambinowice

Sgt Don Bruce 115 Squadron RAF