Sorry, I forgot to add that he was at the camp for approx two years (circa 1943-45) and worked in the nearby village of Thornbury on a farm run by the Priest family.

Sorry to be so vague with the information, however, I am trying to trace family members of a gentleman by the name of Domenico Albani:

Born circa 1926
Mother German/Father Italian
Prisoner of war at No 42 Camp, Exhibition Field Holsworthy, Devon, UK
Had red hair!!!

Any leads/information would be ...

Thanks. I have a letter to go to the Ministry so fingers crossed they will be able to help!

I believe this may help answer your question...here is a listing from the Italian White Pages for Domenico Albani..

Albani

Hope this helps... :D :D

That's fantastic :D :D Thank you and suanj for your help so far!

Now, sorry to sound a complete idiot but just to make sure as an example ...

currently are in Italy, only 8 Domenico ALBANI living, but Albani is a surname of so large presence in Italy... I believe that he was of north Italy... but only a my idea... suanj
PS: if you can find by RED CROSS almost some infos... they must to have.. currently I making a similar search in UK for ...

suanj wrote:no Albani is surname and Domenico is first name...suanj

I suppose as a POW it would make sense the farm owner and his family calling him by his surname. Have you any ideas how I could try to trace him, addresses to write to Italy or websites etc? Thanks.

it could be viceversa? Domenico ALBANO/I? suanj [/color]

I have managed to speak to the farm owners son who knew the POW. He advised that he was known to all as Albani, however, I am having difficulty confirming this as a forename. He said his surname was Demonico but wasn't sure of the spelling ...

The details I have are vague, however, I am trying to trace some information regarding a WWII Italian POW who I believe was at the Exhibition Field Camp, Holsworthy, Devon UK. For approx two years (circa 1943-45) he worked in the nearby village of Thornbury on a farm run by the Priest family.

He ...

Prisoner of War Camps – Great Britain (Numerical order):

SS 343 047
190
42
Exhibition Field Camp, Holsworthy, IT WAS a German Working Camp, of
STANDARD type.. I believe that you can to contact the RED CROSS in UK, because without the surname it is impossible to know... also i believe that in the ...

The details I have are vague, however, I am trying to trace some information regarding a WWII Italian POW who I believe was at the Exhibition Field Camp, Holsworthy, Devon UK. For approx two years (circa 1943-45) he worked in the nearby village of Thornbury on a farm run by the Priest family.

He ...