"Lady Blighty" POW Show
Stalag IX-C, Germany
Lady Blighty (POW Show)
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Description:
POW Jazz Band stand from Stalag IX-C, Germany. The centre piece reads "The Yacht Club Boys" on a stage shaped as a ship given the name "Lady Blighty".
The date is unknown. The photo is annotated with a marker No. 2159 and is part of the officially catalogued photos in the collection belonging to Pte. Harry Knox, Gordon Highlanders, who was a POW at Stalag IX-C from 1940 - 1945.
Credit:
Thanks to Caron Paterson, Harry's Daughter, for sending this into us.
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Division History References :
Caron Paterson very kindly sent us a set of scanned photographs that belonged to her Grandfather, Pte. Harry Knox, and are from his times as a WWII POW in Stalag IX-C in Germany between 1940 - 1945. The set include several of a comedy sketch show put on by the POWs.