Prisoners of War
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Prisoners of War
Description
The newspaper article reports that John Taplin is alive and a prisoner of war.
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One newspaper cutting
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NTaplinJA161130-03
Transcription
PRISONERS OF WAR
Happy news has come to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Taplin, of 12, Whitesmead-road, Stevenage.
It is that their eldest son, Flight-Sergt John Albert Taplin, aged 21, is alive – a prisoner-of-war in Germany.
He was reported missing on Feb. 4.
Flight-Sergt. Taplin joined the R.A.F. more than three years ago, and was previously employed in the offices of the E.S.A., Stevenage.
Happy news has come to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Taplin, of 12, Whitesmead-road, Stevenage.
It is that their eldest son, Flight-Sergt John Albert Taplin, aged 21, is alive – a prisoner-of-war in Germany.
He was reported missing on Feb. 4.
Flight-Sergt. Taplin joined the R.A.F. more than three years ago, and was previously employed in the offices of the E.S.A., Stevenage.
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Citation
“Prisoners of War,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 18, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/44354.