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Is there a list or known access to identify such servicemen post WW2..I am looking to identify a German ex POW in the North Wales area that decorated a local church. his name is or was Roland Euchhorn....many thanks in anticipation of y ur help

General info re WW2 POWs from National Archives website - records are incomplete:

https://tinyurl.com/qnaoext

But these are British/Commonwealth/Allied POWs.

Info re foreign POWs in British hands, on National Archives website:

https://tinyurl.com/tvox4as

See sections 3 and 7, particularly.

Forces war records have 2 -
R G and R N Euchorn , a private and a corporal.
From 1943- Service no;; 27576 and 27572.
But i nolonger have a sub to the site so don't know the details

On forces-war-records site, those two are Eichorn, not Euchorn.
But I don't have a sub either.

But thinking along those lines -
William, are you sure his name was Euchhorn ?

Just as a long shot -
If his name was Eichorn, he may have stayed in Wales after the war ???

Roland Eichhorn
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Roland Eichhorn
Registration Date: Jul 1953
[Aug 1953]
[Sep 1953]
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Holywell
Inferred County: Flintshire
Spouse: xxxxxxxx [ name omitted as may still be alive. May have remarried after Roland's death, and if so, is on 2019 ER.]
Volume Number: 8a
Page Number: 1087


Roland Horst Eichhorn
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Roland Horst Eichhorn
Death Age: 43
Birth Date: 18 Apr 1926
Registration Date: Jul 1969
[Aug 1969]
[Sep 1969]
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: Chester
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume: 10a
Page: 475


Roland Horst Eichhorn
in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name: Roland Horst Eichhorn
Death Date: 28 Sep 1969
Death Place: Flintshire
Probate Date: 17 Oct 1969
Probate Registry: Sheffield

More about those two Eichorns who are on forces-war-records:

R. N. Eichorn
in the UK, Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945
Name: R. N. Eichorn
Rank: Cpl.
Military Date: 1939-1945
Service Number: 27572
Source Description: 21: Imperial Prisoners of War Held in Italy, Italian-Occupied Territory: British & Commonwealth Army



R. G. Eichorn
in the UK, Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945
View Original Image on Fold3.
Name: R. G. Eichorn
Rank: Pte.
Military Date: 1939-1945
Service Number: 27576
Source Description: 21: Imperial Prisoners of War Held in Italy, Italian-Occupied Territory: British & Commonwealth Army


So they weren't Germans held in the UK. They were British or Imperial prisoners held in Italy.

https://tinyurl.com/ycprxus6