Hello everybody who is interested in the movement of prisoners between camps in Italy and also from Italy to Germany. My recent research into...
This spreadsheet is a transcription made from all the names and addresses contained in my great grandfather's YMCA logbook which he kept during...
A few weeks ago a discussion took place on the forum about the correct name for Campo P.G. 53. I said I would do some research and here is the...
Hi, I am looking at travelling to Marsciano next year to check out the area where my father was a POW and then an escapee holed up in the hills...
My father, Maurice Muir NZ890 of NZ 24th Battalion, was captured at Sidi Rezegh on 1st December 1941. He was befriended by a South African Bill...
In 1942 an escape attempt took place from Stalag Luft I by a group of four men. The only information I have is that the use of milk churns were...
Hi all Hoping someone may be able to throw some light on this. Attached is the escape report of John Myers. I have been asked about the...
Looking for some help folks. I have been working through my great grandfather's YMCA logbook to transcribe the names and addressees in in it. At...
In an attempt to find information of my father's military service with the Coldstreamers before and during WWII I'm asking for any tips anyone has...
I have to admit I was totally unaware of this until I sat down with two survivors of this march in 2005. How they kept their sanity I'll never...
My grandfather was on HMS Bedouin which was sunk on 15th June 1942. He was then a POW for the rest of the War. The last camp he was in, was Marlag...
Came across this short clip today. [MEDIA]
I am trying to trace the story of my Grandfather Alexander Buchan. He was in the Royal corps of Signals, service number 2574097. I have a record...
Can anyone tell me exactly where this camp was in Munster? Was it one of the old WW1 sites?
my grandfather was a POW at stalag IIb i have his war journal and his story while a POW, it has names of fellow POW'S. It is becoming harder to...
Hi there I am a new member so lots to learn and read, and super excited to get started! My grandfather - Sgt DK Barrett RM MNBDO was taken POW...
I have just come across the following on the CWGC website whilst looking for POWs who were killed/died following the Italian Armistice of 8...
Can anyone shed any further light on this entry on my friend Dennis's site?...
Hello everyone I wondered if anyone had any information on the above 2 POW camps in Italy and Germany? My late father was a POW in both of them...
HI, I AM MAKING A RESEARCH ABOUT CAMP PG 112 IN TURIN DURING 1943 AND ITS 5 UNDERCAMPS (PG 112/1 OF TURIN-PONTE STURA, PG 112/4 OF GASSINO, PG...
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