Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [2009] (Creation)
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Series
Extent and medium
4 digital images.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
L/Sgt Idwal Lloyd Pugh (1919-1981) was born 15 March 1919 in Aberystwyth, the third son of Thomas and Mary Anne Pugh of Goginan. He joined the Royal Engineers in the autumn of 1939 and served in France and the Middle East. He was captured by the Germans on 1 June 1941, during military operations in Crete. By early 1942 he was at Stalag IIID, near Berlin, and was later moved to Stalag IVB. Following his return to Wales he married Enid Williams; they had one son, David Anthony Pugh (b. 1953). Idwal Pugh worked at the County Treasurer’s Office in Cardiff before moving to Anglesey in about 1956, retiring in 1974 from the post of County Treasurer of Anglesey. He died on holiday in California on 6 June 1981.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Anthony Pugh, son of Idwal Pugh; Isle of Man; Donation; October 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Digital images, [2009], of items, 1939-[1941x1945], relating to Idwal Pugh, a prisoner of war at Stalag IVB.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, German.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Electronic images, supplied as e-mail attachments [by Anthony Pugh, 2009].
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: IP.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Pugh, Idwal, 1919-1981 -- Archives. (Subject)
- Pugh, Idwal, 1919-1981 -- Photographs. (Subject)