Appeal for Next Of Kin of British POW whose grave has been found in Poland
10 October 2012
The CWGC is seeking to contact the next of kin
of Henry Alexander Thomson, one of two British POWs who were
buried in Popielow Cemetery in Poland.
Lance Corporal John Thomas Saunders of the 1st Bn. The
Tyneside Scottish Black Watch and Trooper Thomson of the 1st
Lothians and Border Horse were both being held at Lamsdorf POW camp
in 1944. On the 21 July they were shot and killed by
a guard while they were among a group of prisoners working in
the forest near the camp.
The two men have been commemorated on the Dunkirk
Memorial, but it has now been established that they are
buried in the cemetery in Popielow in western Poland, and
headstones are to be erected over their graves.
Relatives can contact the CWGC at:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2 Marlow Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 7DX
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1628 507200
Email: casualty.enq@cwgc.org