Dear Editor,
I’m reaching out on what may be a long shot.
Around 20 years ago, my father and his brother responded to an advert in the Somerset County Gazette from a woman seeking information about German prisoners of war in Taunton.
She believed her uncle had been held as a POW in the area.
She later visited my parents’ home and borrowed two or three photographs showing my father and his brother as young children being pushed in a go-kart by two German POWs who were working as gardeners at my late grandmother’s bungalow.
My grandfather was away serving in the Army at the time, and the arrangement was allowed.
My father has fond memories of these young men, who he believes may have been captured in North Africa.
The images show them in uniform, pushing the children in the cart.
Sadly, my uncle has since passed away, and my father is now nearing the end of his life.
The photographs were never returned, despite a promise to do so.
I would be grateful for any advice or assistance in tracing the original advert or any related records in your archives, or in helping to locate the individual who borrowed these photographs.
Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Yours faithfully,
Greg Lovell
greglovell@hotmail.co.uk
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