Prisoners of War

Memories of a Rothersthorpe farmer.

Sid North joined the Northampton Home Guard when it was set up in 1940. They had their own lorry and would...

Those Left Behind: A POW in Poland

Marched across Europe on foot, to Poland, to serve in a POW camp as an 'agricultural' slave......

German POWs

From pictures I recognised them as Germans and I called my mum to see them... These were some of the first...

Prisoners of War in Wiltshire

If I stood at our front door and looked to the front there was Boscombe Down Airfield, to the right was...

Harry's War: Captured at Dunkirk

He spent the war in various prisoner of war camps, was not recognised as a Jew and was even taken to Berlin...

Lloyds story: Wounded and Captured at Dunkirk

Lloyd was on the beach at dunkirk waiting for the chance to get off, when another german aircraft attack...

My Grandfather

Most of my Grandfathers friends died along the way....

Captured only to Escape

This is a short story of my grandad maxamillian and his war. My grandad was Polish he was brought up and...

A German POW’s Story

It is about 60 years ago since the first German POWs were here at High Garrett... Initially it was for...

Returning Home: My Father, Japanese POW

The first few years of my life were spent with my Mother and Grandparents as my father was a Japanese...

Home Front in Yaxley

I went to school in Yaxley and remember the attractive boxes that the gas masks were kept in - we used to...

Captured

Captured...

Monty's Relief Batman

One day an officer approached my dad and told him Monty's Batman was on a weeks leave and dad was to...

Listening to the BBC World Service

My uncle was captured at Singapore and was sent to work on the Japanese railway line at Sonkurai... It was...

Grandfather's Day in Stalag 8b

My Grandfather was Pte.Johnlally,He was in the pioneercorps,Army No.13006468 and Pow No.30842.He was...

A Life Saved

This is not a long story,I was a pow in a camp and worked on the railway, as did so meny others......

To Muriel, my wife

******* All this foreign climes exotic marvel, Its wondrous orchids, butterflies and birds, Can ever give...

Dunkerque POW

My grandfather was a member of one of the advance parties at Dunkerque. When the expeditionary force was...

My Families Involvement in the War: Two Soldiers and a Royal Marine

My Great Uncle Tom Marquis and my Great Uncle Ken Marquis. My Great Uncle Tom was a Major in the Royal...

German Caught by Locals

My wife told me that one day a German airman had been captured by the locals at S. Ockendon railway...

Prisoner of War

Billy was taken prisoner when he was about twenty... He was nearly shot when they found he had stolen a...

Castlerankine POW Camp Denny

The Bainsford born was then posted to 64 German POW working camp at Castlerankine, Denny in his home area....

Entertaining Prisoners of War: In Northumberland

I remember the Italian and the German prisoners working on the farm at West Kyloe... Dad invited two or...

Left Behind at Dunkirk

He was a Battery Sergeant Major with the City of London Yeomanary - 1sr Armoured Division - was left behind...

Prisoner of War: France 1940

In January 1940, aged 22, I went to France as part of the Duke of Wellington Regiment....

Captured in Singapore

My uncle, Albert Lett left for Singapore from Aldershot in early 1942... He survived captivity in...