David Hobbs. Page 21

David Hobbs, along with the rest of the crew and the Highland Division prisoners, were force marched from the St Valery-en-Caux area all the way to Bremen.

Below, pages from Davids diary showing the route of the march.


Many men tell similar  stories of being marched through towns into captivity.  Some were paraded through a small town twice, German soldiers keen to show victory over the British Army.  Some townsfolk, mostly women, would offer food to the prisoners.  The German guards would show no mercy to anyone offering the prisoners food or water, buckets of water put out for the prisoners would be immediately kicked over by the guards,  many women were struck with rifle butts for offering food.


Below.  More pages from Davids diary showing the camps he was held in before being admitted to BAB21 Blechhammer.


The following are among the first entries in Davids diary after capture.















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