• Casualty list, 4th Bn. The Dorsetshire Regiment, Operation Market Garden

Date of birth:

October 13th, 1924 (Poplar/London, England)

Date of death:

February 27th, 1945 (Oschatz/Saxony, Germany)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Berlin
Plot: 10. Row: C. Grave: 8.

Service number:

14551885

Nationality:

British

Rang/eenheid:

Private in 4th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

James John Barber, born October 13, 1924, in Poplar, London, England. He was reported casualty on September 25, 1944, during Operation Market Garden and held as a Prisoner of War (POW) No. 26064 and brought to Stammlager Stalag XII A Limburg/Lahn, Germany. Barber was reported Missing on October 14, 1944, then reported Prisoner of War in German hands on December 21, 1944. Eventually reclassified 'Killed in Action' on March 31, 1945. He transited through several German POW camps, from Stammlager Stalag XII A Limburg/Lahn to Stalag IV B Mühlberg on October 31, 1944 before arriving at Stalag IV G Oschatz on December 9, 1944. He was killed during an air raid on Leipzig on February 27, 1945 and eventually buried at the Commonwealth War Cemetery Berlin on March 3, 1945.

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• England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
  - GRO Reference: 1924 D Quarter in POPLAR Volume 01C Page 608
  
  Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  - CWGC Casualty: James John Barber
  
  Arolsen Archives: International Center on Nazi Persecution
  - 2.1.4.1 SA 014 3 Informationen über Ausländer, die während des Kriegs im Kreis Gardelegen verstorben sind /
  - 2.1.4.2 Listen von Angehörigen der Vereinten Nationen, anderer Ausländer, deutscher Juden und Staatenloser, sowjetische Zone (2) /
  - 2.2.2 Verschiedene Behörden und Firmen (Einzelpersonen-bezogene Unterlagen) /
  
  WO 224: International Red Cross and Protecting Powers (Geneva): Reports concerning Prisoner of War Camps in Europe and the Far East
  - WO 224/12: Stalag IVB Muhlberg Elbe
  - WO 224/16: Stalag IVG Oschatz
  - WO 224/36: Stalag XIIA Limburg/Lahn
  
  WO 361: Department of the Permanent Under Secretary of State: Casualties (L) Branch: Enquiries into Missing Personnel, 1939-45 War
  - WO 361/595: North West Europe: Dorsetshire Regiment; missing personnel
  
  WO 392 - Directorate of Prisoners of War: Prisoners of War Lists, Second World War: "Prisoners of War. Armies and other land forces of the British Empire, 1939-1945", compiled by J B Hayward. ISBN 0 903754 61 4
  
  WO 416 - German Record cards of British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War and some Civilian Internees, Second World War:
  - WO 416/18/23
  
  WO 417: War Office: Army Casualty Lists, 1939-45 War
  - WO 417/83: Casualty Lists - Other Ranks 1577 (pag.26)
  - WO 417/86/2: Casualty Lists - Other Ranks 1635 (pag.14)
  - WO 417/90/1: Casualty Lists - Other Ranks 1720 (pag.14)
  
  WO 423: War Office: Other Ranks and Nurses: Service Records, Second World War
  - WO 423/470530: Service Record James John Barber
  
  WO 460 - War Office: British Army Medal Index Cards, Second World War
  - WO 460/26: Banks, F-Barclay
  
  No additional records found at:
  - The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register
  - England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  - WO 344: Directorate of Military Intelligence: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaires
  - WO 373: Military Secretary's Department: Recommendations for Honours and Awards for Gallant and Distinguished Service (Army)
  - "The Airborne Hospital, Willem III Kazerne, Apeldoorn, 25th Sept 1944 to 26th Oct 1944. Nominal roll of the wounded" compiled by Peter H Starling
  - "List of Wounded 1st Airborne Division at Fallingbostel"
  

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