While searching for other information......I spotted this article on Driver George Newton, RASC.....who seems to have escaped a POW Camp and remained “at liberty” for two years before being re-captured....I’m not sure if anyone has posted on this but his must be an interesting story......
He escaped again: The National Archives Reference: WO 208/3327/3027 Description: Driver G Newton (service number T/162607). Service: Army, RASC [Royal Army Service Corps]. Escaped from working party attached to Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf, and contacted Allied Forces. Possible information on this individual (including appendices) may be present in WO 208/5582-5583. The work camp was at Ragesfeld Vitellino
Name Newton, George Rank: Driver Service No: T/162607 Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps Theatre of Combat or Operation: Royal Marines Award: Mention in Despatches Date of announcement in London Gazette: 19 March 1946 WO 373/101/560 Driver G Newton (service number T/162607). Service: Army, RASC [Royal Army Service Corps]. Escaped from working party attached to Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf, and contacted Allied Forces. Possible information on this individual (including appendices) may be present in WO 208/5582-5583. WO 208/3327/3027
