A Long Walk Back – Appendices
…I shared a cabin with Ronnie Borrodaile and David Blair. Toots, Ted and Davies shared the other. Davies was a really nice South African, who had escaped from BOLOGNA and…
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Vaughan, Rudolf
…much war news, beyond telling us that [Digital Page 9] the Germans were preparing defensive works in the Bologna area and that they appeared to have a line approximately Pisa…
Bass, Bill
…August 2012 my husband and I flew to Bologna, and drove to Fontanellato, just NW of Parma in the Emilia-Romagna region. The building that served as the Prison of War…
Winchester, Patrick Logie
…crossing of main road N.64 from Bologna to Pistoia, the River Reno [Google Maps ??] and the railway. There were German vehicles going up and down the road, and the…
Research – Published sources & bibliography
…Italy, 1943–1944. Leo S. Olschki, Florence, 1991; also published in Italian, L’alleanza inattesa: Mondo contadino e prigionieri alleati in fuga in Italia (1943–1945). Pendragon, Bologna, 2011 Aceves, Crystal, Captured by the Enemy: The True Story of POW Carl Leroy Good. Privately published, 2015 …
Gleave, Bill
…dangerous escape towards liberty? We had the honoured opportunity to secretly help you in that year of 1943 here in Bondeno near the city of Ferrara midway between Bologna and…
Evans, Major Hilary
…saw quite a number of Jerries in trucks while waiting for a chance to cross the Florence-Bologna highway. A warm day. I finished at 6 and was given a hot…
Swan, William (Bill)
…to Modena. This is situated on the Via Emilia, north of the Apennine mountains, halfway between Parma and Bologna. We were a camp of mixed nationals here – New Zealanders…
Burdett, Noel
…fantastically, married and had a family. She lives near Bologna, white-haired and serene. Ferruccio’s widow, who used to bring us cigarettes, is still alive and well: she telephoned in from…
Cummins, Ronald Loftus (Part 3: 1944-1947)
Summary of Ronald Loftus Cummins Part 3 Ronald Loftus Cummins’ story covers his entire WW2 experience from his enlistment in 1940 until his discharge in 1946. His file comprises the…