Joel, John
Summary With unfailing good humour and optimism, John Joel recounts his experiences as a P.O.W. in Italy, first in the Chieti Camp, then as an escapee living with an Italian…
Search Results for: Sulmona
De Luca, Maria
…to San Pietro Avellana. On September 8th the Italian Government signed the Armistice with the Allies. On that occasion the prisons in Sulmona were opened and all the war prisoners…
Hodgson, Richard
…the local police. They were detained on the Island of Poveglia before eventually being transferred to a prison camp near Sulmona where they remained until the Italian Armistice of September…
Raby, Ronald William
…Sulmona and got through lines 13th Sept. Up MARONE Mt. Shepherds help. Women mend trousers at SANTA EUPHAMIA. 15th Charcola Burners. 16th Go to PRETORIA 18th Collect parcels from Aqua…
Cooper, Bill
…it went down to the sea at Pescara, (this was the Adriatic which was about twenty five miles away) and upstream to Popoli and then Sulmona, but they are both…
Pennycook, John
Summary British Officer and Prisoner of War, John R. Pennycook, recounts his capture, transfer and escape from the camp in Chieti, Italy, in 1942-1943. Along with 14 other men, Pennycook…
Forster, Father George
Summary Father George Forster was captured by the Germans on 21st June 1942 near Tobruk in Libya. During the several years he was a P.O.W he spent time in many…
PoW camps
…Officers PG 73 CARPI (near Modena) Junior Off. & Other Ranks PG 75 TORRE TRESCA (Bari) Transit & work camp PG 77 PISSIGNANO (Foligno) Tent camp PG 78 SULMONA Officers,…
Spooner, Pat
Summary Captain Pat Spooner escaped from PG 19 Bologna together with Captain Jimmie Fergusson. Making their way South by train and foot, they teamed up with partisans who wanted to…
Cummins, Ronald Loftus (Part 2: 1943)
Summary of Ronald Loftus Cummins part 2 (Part 1 can be read here) Ronald Loftus Cummins’ story covers his entire WW2 experience from his enlistment in 1940 until his discharge…