Newcastle Evening Chronicle Tuesday 04/08/1942

Prisoner of War Camps in WW2

James saw service in WW2 with the R.C.S. (Royal Corps of Signals) and was initially posted as missing in the Middle East before he was identified as a prisoner of war.

James was with the Expeditionary Forces in the Middle East, in Cyrenaica (a province of Libya) when he appears on casualty list number 905 dated 20th June 1942 as missing. He is then reported as a prisoner of war in German hands:2583348 DOURISH, Dvr. J.6 L of C Sigs.
Details:
Name: J. Dourish
Rank: Driver
Army Number: 2583348
Regiment: Royal Signals
P.O.W. Number: 252462
Camp Type: Stalag
Camp Number: IV-F
Camp Location: Hartmannsdorf, Saxony
Record Office: Royal Signals Record Office, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire.

Stalag IV-F. Was opened in February 1941, the camp held mainly French troops captured during the battle of France, and British captured in North Africa. The POWs were assigned to various Arbeitskommando ("Work detachments") locally. The camp was liberated by American forces in March 1945.

Details were also printed in the local newspaper:

Newcastle Evening Chronicle Tuesday 04/08/1942. NORTH EAST ROLL OF HONOUR. Missing in Middle East Northerners known to be missing in the Middle East are:-Driver J. Dourish, R.C.S., son of Mr. James and the late Sarah Dourish, of 67, Burn Street, Gateshead.