Forster, Father George
…to forgive. Chieti, a town of some 45,000 people, presumably had an adequate supply of [Digital Page 33] water. Did the former Italian inmates of the camp suffer the same…
…to forgive. Chieti, a town of some 45,000 people, presumably had an adequate supply of [Digital Page 33] water. Did the former Italian inmates of the camp suffer the same…
…Leo Glavan, Zagreb. Jugoslavia Antonio Pasquini. Pasquini. Lanciano. Chieti. Camillo Maschili. Pasquini. Chieti. Sergeant D.McKirdy. 4388377, Bridlington. Yorks. (5 Green Howards) Escaped 20th September 1943. Met him at Macerta. 1st…
…Rapino. Leo Glavan, Zagreb. Jugoslavia Antonio Pasquini. Pasquini. Lanciano. Chieti. Camillo Maschili. Pasquini. Chieti. Sergeant D.McKirdy. 4388377, Bridlington. Yorks. (5 Green Howards) Escaped 20th September 1943. Met him at Macerta….
…of Chieti Scalo and on up to the town of Chieti itself. It sits as many of these Italian towns do, on the apex peak of a mountain, with the…
Summary Kenwyn Walters has written a long and detailed account of his life in WW2, from joining up in September 1938, to being de-mobbed in 1946. From the Leicestershire Yeomanry…
Summary Captain John Verney was captured in Sardinia and taken to a Prisoner of War Camp in Chieti, Italy in 1943. In September, he was transferred to a camp in…
…himself’ was too often the mantra. There was no Senior British Officer (SBO), no proper chain of command as there would be in permanent PoW camps like Chieti. Selfishness was…
…it was all fair and above-board. We left Chieti very suddenly just before Christmas, and I took my successor as President of the Mess Committee round to be introduced to…
…suitable boat. They were brought back to Chieti and locked in the punishment cell. On that date too, the first of a series of reprisals was imposed. It had been…
…fair and above-board. We left Chieti very suddenly just before Christmas, and I took my successor as President of the Mess Committee round to be introduced to the canteen men….