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
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