Prisoners of War

ESCAPE FROM RANGOON JAIL 1945

Towards the end of 1944 prison life became easier, no doubt because of organisation by the Japanese,...

The Thousand Kilometre Walk Part Two

Coming back to the present we only had an old dinner knife between us and so we sharpened it as best we...

A prisoner of War - Bernard Loughlin’s War Part 2

So, in the summer of 1940 I found myself in a gang of around 40 prisoners transported from the Stalag to a...

The Army That Didn't March On It's Stomach (Part One)

Some generous French prisoners give Jack and myself some porridge and milk, fried spuds and onions....

More memories and thoughts from life as a P O W 1940-1945

By that time Russia and Germany were at war and we were soon put to work at Lansdorf putting up huts, wire...

A Prisoner of War’s Diary from Stalag VIIIB — July to September - 1941

August 06, 1941, - Wednesday “Colonel Letz of the German army recalled from Russian border, to...

The Army That Didn't March On It's Stomach (Part Two)

Issued with a cup of hot green water from the mobile kitchen and then we plod on by moonlight with the boys...

Haruku/Ambon

Dad found an old American truck and suggested to one of the Japs that it would be a good idea to use...

ESCAPED SINGAPORE, CAPTURED ON JAVA II

Dad found an old American truck and suggested to one of the Japs that it would be a good idea to use...

War And Captivity 1944/45 Part Two

We were straffed by our own planes on several occasions as, although the wagons were marked with red...

A Prisoners Tale Retold. Chapter 1.

The defeat of Greece by the German and Italian armies in 1941 was a disaster for the retreating forces of...

Life As A POW For 34 Months

After around seven to ten days we were loaded onto old Italian lorries and driven with escort to Sidi...

Bill Bancroft A Memory of war

However winter was upon us and the Germans were getting very edgy as the Russian guns could be heard as...

Five Years under the Swastika - part 2

I was interested in songwriting and wrote several compositions to fit the stories for the shows and had the...

The Beginning of the End - Part Three

A Kriegie's Log

A War-time Log was issued to PoWs by the War Prisoners’ Aid of the YMCA, apparently a special issue...

My 3rd escape and life in the Italian Mountains. Part 4

My cave was very dry but anyone visiting me left great big foot prints so it was pretty dicey, and Matteo...

The “Long March” from Poland Winter-Spring 1945 - Bernard Loughlin’s War Part 4

To write of the trek of the prisoners from Stalag XXIIB at Marienwerder in East Prussia is a difficult...

Changi Gaol: post-war pursuit of Japanese Generals; home-coming

The Japanese invaded Malaya — not, as expected, via the sea-front of Singapore — up country....

LIFE AS A FAR EAST PRISONER OF WAR

Farrar Park then carried on as before under a Jap Sgt named Asouki who was a great help, he could speak...

Olaf Chapman Part Four

One day a Japanese officer came up and handed me a saw and told me to go and saw down a tree...

The Journey Back

In a mixture of English, German and sign language, we conveyed to the Russian officer that we were going on...

Chepstow Memories

Ich habe vor nicht all zu langer Zeit Kathleen besucht und sie hat mir Bilder von Deiner Familie gezeigt...

The Beginning of the End - Part Two

Very often as we passed through a village some of the people would come out with buckets of water for us to...

Colditz 1945 - The Last Days

Colditz is a small town on the banks of the river Mulde, some twenty-five miles from Leipzig, and has a...

Hirohito's Prisoner

Mr Ernest Farnol, of Crabtree Lane Pitsmoor Sheffield, was a Lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals,...