Abbreviations

TNA           The National Archives

CWGC       Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Gnr 

Gnr/Dvr 

L/Bdr 

Bdr 

Sgm 

Spr

Dvr

Cpl 

Sgt Sergeant

L/Cpl

Tpr

Gdsm

Fus 

Rfm

Pte 

Dmr 

Gunner

Gunner/Driver

Lance/Bombardier

Bombardier

Signalman

Sapper

Driver

Corporal

Sergeant

Lance Corporal

Trooper

Guardsman

Fusilier

Rifleman

Private

Drummer

R.A.S.C. 

R.A.O.C. 

R.A. 

R.H.A.

R.E. 

R.E.M.E. 

R.A.C. 

R.Sigs. 

S.G. 

C.G. 

Cam. H. 

H.L.I. 

E. York. 

W. York. 

Gn. How 

For'ters 

D.L.I. 

N'd F. 

S.W.B.

Ches. 

Worc. 

Essex 

Surr. 

E.Surr./Buffs 

D.C.L.I. 

North’n R. 

Hamp. 

R. Bde. 

K.O.R.R.

Royal Army Service Corps

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Royal Artillery

Royal Horse Artillery

Royal Engineers

Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers

Royal Armoured Corps

Royal Corps of Signals

Scots Guards

Coldstream Guards

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

Highland Light Infantry

East Yorkshire Regiment

West Yorkshire Regiment

Green Howards

Sherwood Foresters

Durham Light Infantry

Northumberland Fusiliers

South Wales Borderers

Cheshire Regiment

Worcestershire Regiment

Essex Regiment

(West) Surrey Regiment

East Surrey Regiment (The Buffs)

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Northamptonshire Regiment

Hampshire Regiment

Rifle Brigade

King's Own Rifle Regiment

SOURCES used in the compilation of this website

Sources in English

The National Archives London

WO 361 series: Enquiries into Missing Personnel 1939-45 War:

WO 392/11: The National Archives London, Imperial Prisoner Of War Lists Germany and German Occupied Territories. April 1945.

WO 208 series: Escape & Evasion Reports

WO 417 series: British Army Casualty Lists

WO 310 & 311: War Crimes series

WO 373 Series: Recommendation for award

WO 32 Series: Special Investigation Branch investigations

WO 32/9895: Treatment of POWs in Switzerland

Other sources in English

Diary of Gnr Kenneth H. Bailey

Bill Rudd, ANZAC Freemen in Europe http://www.aifpow.com

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Ancestry.co.uk for Liberation Reports

Sources in Italian

Claretta Coda Helpers & POW I prigionieri di guerra alleati e i loro soccorritori italiani in provincia di Torino (e dintorni) Edizioni Corsac, 2016

Claretta Coda  A Strange Alliance

ISTORETO Turin :Fondo Borghetti:C FB 1b