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Strictly speaking not SL but I was wondering if one of the Ancestry members on SL could do a quick look up for me ? Could somebody please help me to find out some info on my great uncle ? His name was Albert Goldsbrough born 1919 in Sedgefield Co Durham. He was in the Seaforth Highlanders that were captured at St Valery during the Dunkirk retreat in 1940. A relative seems to think that Albert spent the rest of the war as a prisoner somewhere in Poland and mentioned that Ancestry have a section for prisoners of war from 1939-45. Any info on Albert would be greatly appreciated as the sketchy details mentioned are all that we know about him.Thanks for reading.Regards.

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Have never used that section, so not sure if there are any quirks in searching it, but putting Albert's name in gave a "not found" verdict

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Post by Caron »

I tried Alberts name on genes under ww2 pow and it also returned zilch.    

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Thanks for the replies, I just looked using the free search facility and it brings up A. Goldsbrough with the location as Poland. It seems promising. Here is the link :http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss ... h=ac3Would be grateful if one of you could check it for me. Regards.

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It might be useful to know you can get free access to Ancestry.com in Leeds libraries if you can find an unused computer: http://www.leeds.gov.uk/leisure/Pages/O ... urces.aspx

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Hats Off wrote: Thanks for the replies, I just looked using the free search facility and it brings up A. Goldsbrough with the location as Poland. It seems promising. Here is the link :http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss ... h=ac3Would be grateful if one of you could check it for me. Regards. As requested
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uncle mick wrote: Hats Off wrote: Thanks for the replies, I just looked using the free search facility and it brings up A. Goldsbrough with the location as Poland. It seems promising. Here is the link :http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss ... h=ac3Would be grateful if one of you could check it for me. Regards. As requested Thank you uncle mick, you're a gent. You have given me some info to work with now.Thanks again.Regards.

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Hi thereI do ancestry on Ancestry and also pay for another site of Genes Reunited. I am on Rootschat and have up to now done over 1600 free searches for people looking for their ancestry. So if you want to have a search for free, please dont inundate me, but I will give it a try for you. I am loosing one of my sites this year as I cannot afford to pay for 2 out of my pension. regardss Armleylass
On Ilkla Moor ba'tat!!!

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Hi thereThis is what I found for A.H. GoldsboroughD. S. M. when 24th February 194238466    1942/45
On Ilkla Moor ba'tat!!!

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