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Kingham, Norman

Summary of Norman Kingham Norman Kingham was captured around Apr 1941 when his unit was retreating from the general German advance while he was trying to salvage supplies from an…

Poole, Algie

…waggons, we started on a journey north. Via a route from Ancona through Rimini, Bologna, Verona, Bolzano, we arrived one frosty morning at Brenner station on the border. The guards…

Collier, Bernard

Summary Bernard Collier enlisted in the Territorial Army as a gunner/musician in November 1937. He was called up for war service in September 1939. In January 1940, aged 19, he…

Lax, Frederick

…rail journey south through Bologna, but a guide deserted them and they were nearly recaptured. A second journey south accompanied by Bill Ramshaw, now joined by Bill Glover and Sam…

Sole, Geoff and Ellis, Ben

Summary Two accounts of South African servicemen, Ben Ellis and Geoff (Chick) Sole, who escaped after the Armistice and reached Allied lines near the Sangro river on 11 November. The…

Ellis, Ben and Sole, Geoff

Summary Two accounts of South African servicemen, Ben Ellis and Geoff (Chick) Sole, who escaped after the Armistice and reached Allied lines near the Sangro river on 11 November. The…

Rocco, Felice – alias Vacca, Phil

…would it have been used for? How was the currency earned? Notice to that he states that Campo P.G. 59 was near Bologna not Servigliano, obviously a mistake. Another document…