Many PoWs included in their accounts the names of Italian individuals and families who helped escapers and evaders, often at great risk to themselves. The following is an initial list of names provided by MSMT supporters.
ITALIANS WHO HELPED ESCAPING POWS
(Names supplied by MSMT supporters)
| Name of helper | POW assisted | Village/town/area |
| Damiani, Modesto | Various, see below | Lucca |
| Samuele Danti, Francesco Danti | Frank Adams | Magliano |
| Angelo Alberini & wife | Frank Adams | Magliano |
| Domenico Tonelli and daughter-in-law Francesca Tonelli | Frank Adams | Ponteccio |
| Sorelle Gelati | Jack Clarke | Fontanellato |
| Gotti family | Jack Clarke | Cannetolo |
| Maggi family | Jack Clarke | Secinaro |
| Buti family and Tarchiani etc. | Jack Clarke | Firenze |
| Giuseppe Baldini | John Cowtan | |
| Don Enrico Porcignone (priest) etc. | John Cowtan | |
| Matilda Marazzi | John Crossthwaite-Eyre | Careseto, Parma (Dec 1943) |
| Cesare Anselmi & family | Anthony Dobson | Ponte del Olio |
| Cresti Bertuzzi & family | Anthony Dobson | Ponte del Olio |
| Luigi Migliorini & family | Anthony Dobson | Ponte del Olio |
| ? _____ Metti | Anthony Dobson | Piacenza |
| Francesco Cordani | Anthony Dobson | |
| Falco Celidonio | Binks Forster | Villetta Barrea |
| Ranieri family | Henry (Bill) Garton | |
| Marco Labadini & wife, Maria Benzino (?) | MJD (Mike) Goldingham | |
| Francesco & Elena Loro | Tony Gregson | Lived beside Campo 19 Bologna |
| Umberto Vitali | Eric Hilder | Chiavalli, Ancona |
| Cosimati family | John Joel | Chiese |
| Marzialetti family | Albert Jones | Massa Fermana |
| Silvio Davide & parents; Concetta, mother of Rosa Secola, Goriano Valli | Roger Lawrence | Abruzzo |
| Silvestro Parapini (farmer) Hauser (shopkeeper) | Frederick Lightfoot | Melinignano Milan |
| Luciano family Dezi family | Donald Robinson | |
| Giuseppe Porcheddu, Federico Assandria, Vincenzo Gismondi & many others, incl. partisans | Michael Ross | |
| ‘Canada’ (aka not known), Francesco Ciavarra, Laura Sanciaculo, Bianca Olivieri, Signor Alessandri | Charles Simpson | |
| Antonel family | Noel Sims | |
| Medici family | Michael (Mick) Wagner | Bologna |
| Carlo | Mick Wagner | San Marino |
| Edigio Cristalli | Mick Wagner | Near Fabriano |
| Gigi Cardona | Mick Wagner | Collamato |
| Carlo Bernadini (café owner), Diali Zeno (tobacconist), Lucia Grifoni & husband (Baker) | Mick Wagner | Esanatoglia |
| Agapite family | Stephen Williams | |
| Tereso Terraniole | JE Kenwyn Walters | Prezza |
| Mario Ciorletto | JE Kenwyn Walters | Prezza |
| Enrico Biacio | JE Kenwyn Walters | Prezza |
| Antonio Dipietro | JE Kenwyn Walters | Prezza |
| Antonio Dante | JE Kenwyn Walters | Prezza |
| Antonio Antonelli | JE Kenwyn Walters | Prezza |
| Luigi Scarnecollia | JE Kenwyn Walters | Prezza |
| Ottilino Leone | JE Kenwyn Walters | Prezza |
| Vilma Goddard (English) Italian translation | Lt John Goddard | |
| Barrea L’Aquilia | JE Kenwyn Walters | Prezza |
| Francesco Eramo | JE Kenwyn Walters | Prezza |
| De Michaels family, Elfer family | Leslie Young | |
| de Luca, Maria | Castel di Sangro | |
| Panozzo Virgilio | ||
| Ashford, Frank | ||
| Pezzato, Attilio | ||
| Luigi Orlandi | Daniel (Jack) Hobbs | Reginaldo near Roccamontepiano |
PoWs that were helped by Damiani, Modesto
- Peter A. Marshall Lt. R.A. 187914
- James Devaney c/o Lamont 2987472
- Ralph P. Driver N. 79012 U.D.F.
- Ray Harries WX 7111. AIF.
- M.A. Knight Cpl. VX34393
- P.C. Smith Pte. VX26317
- E.T.H. Keith Forgan
- Pte Henry Robert Smith, South African Defence Forces Cpl Christison
- Captain A.W. Jamieson
- Captain A.D. Moyle
- T.H. Reith Forgan Lt. 14008
- Lieut. John M.P. Walker, E.C. 1283
- Mr Idwin Eeren, 393 Cardiff Road,
- James Daveney
- George Ashley
- Bert Hitchin
- J.M.P. Walker (illegible] 1283 Lieut. I.A.
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