Frederick Lee

Hi there,
I hope that someone here could help me.
I am trying to find out more about the whereabouts of Frederick Lee. He was a soldier in WWII in Celle and is my best friends grandfather.
Due to the sad family story no facts are passed on. He fell in love with a German girl, impregnated her and went home to Britain and left her alone before his son was born.
She tried to find him, but was rejected from his family. So, it was never allowed to speak about Frederick again in this family.
My friends father is now getting old himself and really would like to find out more about his roots from his fathers side.

Can anyone help me to find a list with soldiers being based in Celle between 1945 and 1947?
Are there some kind of archives for soldiers in Germany?

Thank you in advance I am thankful for every little hint that that could help find out more about Frederick.

Welcome Ulli,


You will have a difficultly in tracing Frederick Lee. You won't find any lists/archives about individual soldiers in public lists.  Of course knowing the details about the soldier ie Rank, Service Number and Unit need to be known in the first instance, before applying for his Records.

Knowing the name of the barracks at the time would be a good start.  Even better, the name of the Regiment would help.

Quite often, there exist on Facebook, 'Old Pals' pages of Regiments. This would be a good start if the name of the Regiment is known.

Regards
Alan

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Alan