Un’amicizia di una vita: Jim Bourn
…a Bologna. Nel 1943, al suo terzo tentativo, fuggì attraverso una rete di fogne ed è stato al riparo per circa un anno prima di oltrepassare la Linea Gotica per…
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Turner, Basil
…the sun to guide us, no maps or compass. Met Jerry at Bologna, digging at road crossing near HQ, both very narrow escapes. Further excitement at dawn crossing. First time…
Mainwaring, Hugh
…dispersed along the river bank, and two companies moved some six miles South preparatory to crossing the main MILAN-BOLOGNA road into the hills overlooking SPEZIA on the following night. 11-12…
Darville, W. J
…seven officers and one Iti guard to a compartment. Reached Rome at midnight. 2nd June. Arrived in Florence at about 7 am, Bologna about midday. Stayed in Bologna station for…
Flowerdew, Douglas with Bethell, Drew
Summary G.D.H. (Douglas) Flowerdew, a Major in the Royal Artillery (and regular soldier), was captured at Tobruk in 1942. In this self-published memoir from 1988, he describes life in PG…
Bethell, Drew with Flowerdew, Douglas
Summary G.D.H. (Douglas) Flowerdew, a Major in the Royal Artillery (and regular soldier), was captured at Tobruk in 1942. In this self-published memoir from 1988, he describes life in PG…
Hewison, Rowland
…Mackenzie had been killed in action with the partisans in October. You will find 2 personal tributes to Mackenzie in Vol 1 of the published proceedings of the 1987 Bologna…
de Wet, Jack
Summary Jack De Wet joined the British Army as part of the Rhodesian squadron and later became a pilot for the RAF. This account describes his early training and travels…
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…
Blewitt, Bill
Summary Bill Blewitt’s story is told here in a series of newspaper articles reproduced by kind permission of the ‘Newcastle Journal’. Excerpts from his own unpublished account follow the newspaper…