Armstrong, Henry Denis
Summary Henry Denis Armstrong was transferred from Cyprus to North Africa in March 1942. He was captured in the Western Desert on June 6th 1942 and taken initially to a…
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McCurdy, Ronald
…Caserta that he was admitted to hospital. Ronald’s condition must have been very serious as he stayed in hospital for nearly one month. Caserta was in the town nearest to…
Vaughan, Rudolf
…we were motored to Caserta, where we were the guests of General Alexander at his most comfortable Guest House. After a busy day in Naples, shopping, changing money, getting inoculated,…
Garton, Bill
…driver to the ‘compound’ until they proclaim they are British Escapees not German or Italian POW’s. Via Caserta, Naples, Algiers and Liverpool Bill gets home in time for Christmas. [digital…
Watson, Peter
Summary Peter Watson, a British Officer with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, was captured on 5th June 1942 and taken to a Prisoner of War camp in Fontanellato. After…
Damini, Ettore
Summary of Ettore Damini Ettore Damini’s story is that of an Italian anti Fascist working with the Allied forces as an interpreter (despite not speaking much English). His account is…
Hutty, Les
…and as a result was moved from the camp and sent to the Italian Military hospital at Caserta where I remained for about a month receiving the necessary treatment. The…
de Wet, Jack
Summary Jack De Wet joined the British Army as part of the Rhodesian squadron and later became a pilot for the RAF. This account describes his early training and travels…
Blewitt, Bill
Summary Bill Blewitt’s story is told here in a series of newspaper articles reproduced by kind permission of the ‘Newcastle Journal’. Excerpts from his own unpublished account follow the newspaper…
Flowerdew, Douglas with Bethell, Drew
Summary G.D.H. (Douglas) Flowerdew, a Major in the Royal Artillery (and regular soldier), was captured at Tobruk in 1942. In this self-published memoir from 1988, he describes life in PG…