Churchill, Gerald
Summary After the Italian surrender in 1943, many British POWs left the camps to try and get back to their lines. Amongst these was Gerard Churchill who, in a concise,…
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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…
di Felice, Goeto
…also some civilians rounded up in Chieti. Our population was apprehensive on seeing such a movement and rumors were circulating of a possible raid of men by the Germans. We…
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…
Nathanson, Leslie – Escape To Internment Part 1
Summary Leslie Nathanson was an army officer serving in Libya. On 22nd January 1942 he and many others were captured by the Germans and became prisoners of war. After a…
Williams, George (Toots), Jobson, Hugh and Pryke, William (Ted) – ‘A Long Walk Back’
Summary George (Toots) Williams (DCLI – Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry) was imprisoned in PG49, Fontanellato. This document recounts both his recollections as well as diary extracts written at the…
Nathanson, Leslie – Escape To Internment Part 2
Summary Leslie Nathanson was in Camp 19 at Bologna, when on 8th September 1943, it was announced that the Italians had signed an armistice agreement. The following day the Germans…
English, Ian – The Greatest Escape
…in threes from the camp – a big gap having been cut in the wire by the Italian guards. Now, other camps were not nearly as fortunate; at Chieti camp…
Harris, Fred
Summary of Fred Harris Fred Harris joined the Royal Engineers as a boy apprentice at age 14. He was captured near Benghazi and eventually ended up at the Bologna PoW…
Winchester, Patrick Logie
Summary Patrick Logie Winchester’s story begins with personal background about himself and his military training along with observations of world events that led to World War 2. He was sent…