Name

Robert Cullen Large

Born

1920-04-02

Birth Place

Leamington, ON

Occupation

Printer/ salesman

Religion

Baptist

Died

2009-07-01

Death Place

Leamington, ON

Other Residence

Eastnor Township, ON

Service Record 1

Regimental Number

A/22600

Highest Rank

Private

Conflict

1939-1945

Battalion

Essex Scottish Regiment

Enlisted

Windsor, ON

Enlistment /Transfer Date

1940-07-09

Wounded Date

1942-08-19

Wounds

Gunshot wounds and shrapnel wounds: both legs, right arm, bridge of nose

Prisoner of War

Yes

Wounded Where

Dieppe, France

Taken Prisoner of War

1942-08-19

Prisoner of War Camp 1

Stalag VIII-B Prisoner of War Camp, Lamsdorf, Germany

Notes

Was Prisoner of War at Stalag VIII-B. Lived in Lion's Head in the 1990s.

Sources & Links

- BCM&CC reference box collection: Photocopied pages from "The P.O.W. Journal 1993 Issue 4 showing Bob Large, Lion's Head as Past President and Conference Attendee, along with name of the camp he was at: Stalag VIIIB