Lanyon, Pat
Summary of Pat Lanyon Pat Lanyon was released from Fontanellato Prisoner of War Camp in September 1943. Pat and his fellow POWs Tom Ockleston and Harry Shakespeare were fed and…
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Lett, Gordon
Summary of Gordon Lett This document is an important addition to the archive. Not only does it describe – through diary entries – escape, evasion and Italian assistance, but it…
Hackett, Alfred
…I was moved by ambulance to Derna Hospital (The White House) and then onwards to Tripoli before eventually arriving at Caserta Hospital in January 1942. I was there for about…
Gnecchi-Ruscone Francesco
Summary of Francesco Gnecchi-Ruscone Written 50 years after the event this is Francesco Gnecchi-Ruscone’s memoir of his life in Italy during the war and his musings on whether his efforts…
Thraves, Jack
Summary of Jack Thraves Jack Thraves tells the story of one of many unsung heroes who were away from home for the great majority of the five years of war….
Vickers, Tom
…and daughter. We did not take to him at all! He barely disguised his hostility towards the Allies, especially the Australians, but the war news was encouraging: Capua and Caserta…
Ranfurly, Dan, 6th earl
…and toasted the French and General Juin who have cut the Gustav Line in Italy. General Jumbo leaves for Caserta tomorrow. I am to hand over to Jean Thompson of…
Lawrence, Roger
Summary This dramatic and tragic story is written by Charles Gordon Clark, nephew of the subject. Capt. Roger Lawrence, Royal Artillery, was only in North Africa for a short while…
Darville, W. J
Summary After his capture in Tunis W.J Darville was taken to Italy and held in Fontanellato, where he was pleasantly surprised to find sprung beds with sheets. He fled the…
Lodge, Ernest
…Army hospital on a range of hills behind the city, manned mostly by British doctors. Caserta the name, I should hate to describe the cases I saw there, particularly airmen…