Help needed please to find a POW WWII relative

[Tracey]

Hi
I have found a photo/postcard of a relative who was a POW.

The photo shows a group of POW's unpacking Red Cross crates/parcels outside a row of wooden huts.
On the back it is written out like a post card.

On the right is give the address it is to be sent to, on the left it says;

KRIEGSGEFANGENEN POST
GEBUHRENFREI

ZUNAME: G BORRETT 005
1 KOF B.A.B.20
HEYDEBRECK 0/55
GERMANY

It then has two official stamps on it, one in black ink which says;
Kgf.B.A.B.20
3
Gepruft

the second is in red ink and has a picture of a crown and says;
PASSED
P.W.341

I believe G.Borrett to be my Great-grandmothers brother;
George Henry Borrett
Born in Sevenoaks, Kent
4/8/1917

I can't find a marriage or death certificate for him so I am not sure if he made it out or died in the camp.
I'm afraid I don't know what regiment he was in on what rank he held.

If anyone can shed any light on this I would be very grateful

Thanks

[Elaine ..Spain]

Ancestry has a WW2 database for Prisoners of War - have found this entry

G. H. Borrett
Rank - Private
Army Number - 6344401
Regiment - Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
POW Number - 10983

Camp Type - Miscellaneous Establishments
Camp Number - BAB 20
Camp Location - Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland

Record Office
Infantry and Army Physical Training Corps Record Office, Stanwell Road School, Ashford, Middlesex
Record Office Number - 23


Might be worth contacting the Record Office at Ashford to see if they can provide further information.

[Elaine ..Spain]

Could this be his death:

George H Borrett - age at death 33
Death Registration 1950 Oct/Nov/Dec
Tonbridge vol 5b page 867

[Elaine ..Spain]

... and I should have said "Welcome to Family Tree Forum".

[Tracey]

Wow! Thank you, I will look into all that.
Thanks so much for taking the time to help me.

Do you think he could have been moved? Your findings say the camp was in Poland but the address on the card give Heydebreck, Germany. I wonder if its the same person?

[Elaine ..Spain]

Just been googling, looking through POW sites - quite a few comments about being moved from one POW camp to another, so yes it's possibly the same person.

[annswabey]

I live near to Stanwell Road Ashford and am pretty sure the Army office no longer exists.

There might be a POW questionnaire for him at Kew - not online though.

[JBee]

Yes POW did move around - My Uncle who captured at Tobruk was in at least 2 camps in Italy and Germany

[naomiatt]

Here's some info on Heydebreck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heydebreck-Cosel and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%99dzierzyn-Ko%C5%BAle re;
Kedzierzyn-Kozle..the 2nd site refers back to Heydebreck

[Tracey]

Thanks everyone, I will look into it all.

[mrs bongo]

bab 21 pow

hi all
I hope someone can help me im looking for any info regarding my uncle brother his name is William j heckford from poole dorset all I know he was a pow ww2 this is what I known that he was in the navy
BAB 21
6069
HECKFORD WJ
AB P/SSX28765
kind regards karen

[Chrissie Smiff]

Well he appears to have died as William James Heckford (born 14th May 1921) in Poole Dorset in August 2004 - Reg Number B40E - District 431/1B - Entry Number23 - aged 83 if that's any help?