Alec Dyson (1918-1995) [2361115, Private, Royal Army Service Corps]
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- born 2 August 1918
- son of Horace Dyson & Beatrice (née Beever)
- possibly married Doreen Shaw in 1945
- died in the Barnsley area
Records:
- 1921 Census (FindMyPast) – Low Mill House, Thurlstone (father: steel works labourer)
- 1931 Register (FindMyPast) – 19 Royd Lane, Thurlstone (parents)
Articles:
- Huddersfield Examiner (17/Aug/1940) – News of Some Men in the Forces
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Penistone, Stocksbridge & Hoyland Express (01/Jun/1940):
THURLSTONE’S FIRST
The distinction of being the first militia man to be called up in Thurlstone is claimed for Private Alec Dyson, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Dyson, of 19, Royd Lane, Millhouse, and he followed this up by being the first Thurlstone young man to be called over to France He joined up on July 15th and was in France for the first week of the war. Before he donned khaki he was a baker for Messrs. Mark Firth and Sons, of Thurlstone and Stocksbridge. He has had two leaves from France.
Huddersfield Examiner (03/May/1945):
A Penistone Welcome
Private Alec Dyson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Dyson, of 19, Royd Moor Lane, Millhouse Lane, Thurlstone, arrived home on Saturday morning after an absence of four years and ten months, during which time he has been a prisoner of war in Germany. A warm welcome awaited him, and the street was well filled with flags flown from his home and those of his nieghbours.
Private Dyson joined up in 1939, previous to which he was employed as a baker at Messrs, Mark Firth and Sons, confectioners, of Thurlstone and Stocksbridge, and was one of the first to go out from the Thurlstone district. He went out to France on the Tuesday following the declaration of war. After leaving Catterick camp he joined the field bakery.
He was taken prisoner by the Germans at Besancon, Trance, and after about ten months was moved to a distributing camp in Poland, from where he was sent to Marienburg, in West Prussia. Later he was removed to Stalag XXB in Germany, where for four years he was with a working party. Private Dyson says that conditions there were not bad, and the Red Cross parcels arrived regularly. From Marienburg the prisoners were taken by forced march to Hanover, a distance of about 800 miles, during which many fell out exhausted, and when they asked the German guards about them they were told that if they could not carry them they must leave them there. During the march they suffered privations, one loaf of bread having to supply fourteen men, added to which was turnip soup. That was their daily ration. Towards the end of the march they were without bread for many days together, sometimes over a week, but occasionally they were able to beg a little bread from farmers who were not Nazis.
Huddersfield Examiner (05/May/1945) – Back Home from Prison Camps
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