Craig, TS
…us to his country seat, the Castello Crescenti di Modena, near a small town called Carpi, North of Modena. He spoke perfect English, as did the American born Marquesa. We…
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Sharpe, Keith
…it that we were going to the Kiwi camp at Modena, about 20 miles away; we were told that the Jerries were going to make a line at Bologna and…
McHattie, George
…of Modena, having no idea where I should head for. As it was dark and as I presumed there was a curfew, I thought it too dangerous to venture into…
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 Excerpts from his own unpublished account follow the newspaper…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…
De Cent, Douglas & Gillian
Summary Douglas de Cent was among the first to support the Trust but he had not disclosed any of his story of escape from Bologna. It was Ian English’s book,…
PoW camps
…Officers PG 47 MODENA Officers PG 49 FONTANELLATO Officers PG 50 CASERNA GENOVA CAVELLERIA (Rome) Storage centre PG 51 ALTAMURA (Villa Serena, Bari) Transit PG 52 PIAN DI COREGLIA (Chiabari)…
Hirst, Fred
Summary Within a few weeks of arriving in Tunisia as a newly trained recruit, Fred Hirst was captured and sent to a POW Camp in Italy. Fred escaped twice and…
Vickers, Tom
Summary Tom Vickers (Coldstream Guards) tells a fascinating story of his escape from Fontanellato and adventures covering 220 miles between the camp and arriving at the Swiss border in November…
Bowder, Bill
…soap each; they appreciated this very much saying they had not seen any soap for over two years. We were now in the neighbourhood of Modena, where we knew there…