Embedded Files
These pages from the diary contain the wartime home addresses of Toomey's fellow prisoners from Stalag Luft VII and Stalag 3A.
Also, see the Scrapbook section for "Name Cards" and drawings signed by fellow prisoners.
Images of pages from Robert Toomey's diary © Claude Lafleur
Addresses of Prisoners from Robert Toomey's City (Ottawa, Canada)
Kelly, "Chuck"
McElroy, "Gib"
Finnie, "Jim"
Hayes, H. "Red"
Hayes, T.
Davies, "Bud" [Donald S. Davies]
Sharpe, "Geo" W.
Broke into R.C. stores & was sentenced to 5 months in a Gerry prison 17-3-45
Laing, R.
Robinson, R.
Quinn, H.
Phipps, L. H.
Carrier, M. F.
Lowe, K. R. "Ken"
Addresses of 22 Boys in Sgt. Toomey's Combine at Stalag Luft VII
Wilson, J. L. "Len"
Umscheid, J. "Jim"
Commission came through 6-4-45 at Stalag IIIA
Davidson, Thomas
Crosswell, Percy B.
Shot and seriously wounded attempting to escape on 13-4-45. Died today at 11:45 AM 13-4-45 due to wounds. Buried on Tues 17-4-45 at Stalag III-A cemetery.
[Note: Crosswell actually died around 1 PM on 14-04-1945. C. Lafleur]
MacNaught, Allan R.
[Name misspelled in diary. C. Lafleur]
Percy B. Crosswell (R191256), RCAFwas in Toomey's combine at Luft 7
Allen R. MacNaught (R181619), RCAF.
Death of Sgt. Percy Crosswell, RCAF (R191256) and Sgt. Geoffrey Johnson (3050454), RAF
Above right, photo of Sgt. Allan R. MacNaught at gravesites of Percy Crosswell and 19-year old Rear Gunner Geoffrey Ralph Johnson, who were shot trying to escape from Stalag Luft VII on April 13, 1945. Allan MacNaught also tried to escape with them but managed to get back to his billet undetected. Less than three weeks later, POWs were force marched from this camp towards Berlin ahead of the advancing Russian Army.
Maki, L.
Taken to hospital on the march Jan. 45
Prince, J.
Brown, K.
Cassell, D. B.
Guest, D.
Perry, F. L.
Patterson, L. E.
Collingwood, L. B.
Garland, E. F.
Docherty, J.
Stevenson, L. H.
L.H. Stevenson, Dawson Creek, Alberta. Shot by a German guard at Bankau on Dec. 27, 44.
[See Stevenson's photo below.]
Quigley, T.
Harvey, E. G.
Johnston, Gordon
Sgt van der Heijden, Reinout
[The English variant spelling Hayden is used in diary.]
Burns, J. D. (Dan)
Perini, E. E.
[Notes:
Below, photo of Flight Sergeant Leslie Howard Stevenson (R171883), an Air Gunner, via Canadian Virtual War Memorial website. He was the son of Homer and Ruby Stevenson of Dawson Creek, British Columbia. See Addendum for more about Flt. Sgt. Stevenson and a photograph of his funeral at Stalag Luft VII.
Leslie Howard Stevenson was killed by a German guard while attempting to escape from Stalag Luft VII, Bankau on December 27, 1944. He was in the same "combine" as Sgt. Robert Toomey.
This camp was abandoned less than a month later when the prisoners started out in a winter blizzard, walking over 227 kilometres to escape ahead of the advancing Russian Army... Claude Lafleur.]
Flt. Sgt. Leslie Howard Stevenson (R171883), R.C.A.F.Son of Homer and Ruby Stevenson of Dawson Creek, B.C.Killed attempting to escape Stalag Luft VII, December 27, 1944.
Stalag Luft VII, Bankau.
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