Search Results for: Sulmona

Dean, Ronald

…have made a terrible fuss. We left her a note and a couple of tins of corned beef that we had carried out of Sulmona. By mid-morning we had reached…

Randles, Paul

Summary of Paul Randles This is a remarkable account for several reasons: it is based on Paul Randles’ letters home to his family, it offers the perspective of a South…

Hawkins, GWB

Sulmona on the second and last day of their evacuation of Chieti Camp. Immediately on arrival at Sulmona we thought in terms of hiding places. We were convinced that the…

Parker, Bill

…parent camp Sulmona. To get to Sulmona we had to go down into the valley below our camp and cross a range of hills. Sulmona was on the other side….

Williams, Brig Stephen

Summary This text describes Stephen Williams escape from Villa Orsini, starting in Sulmona, on the run and through to near Casoli. They had planned throughout their time in the Villa…

Woods, John

…the Sulmona camps had failed to find a way through, even before the Gustav Line had been built, and many of them had given up and had moved north of…

Coe, Frank

…away from Sulmona, to re-joining Allied forces. Not only does the diary record in great detail the countryside and villages through which they passed, their adventures, illness and hunger, but…

Stern, Peter

…been moved to SULMONA, and warned us to keep clear of the carabinieri, who would hand us over to the Germans if they found us. So we planned to move…

Drew, HH

…the story. In the second window below is the transcribed version in plain text. [digital page 1] H.H Drew’s escape from Sulmona Sept 1943 ‘Joe’ Drew who organised the Sulmona

Watson, Peter

…through the line to the West of Sulmona and had invited the young couple to accompany them. What did I think? Should they go? They were still able to laugh…