Prisoners of War

Missing relatives

He was a Prisoner-of-War in Italy and then, when the Italians capitulated, the prisoners were sent to...

An Egg Saved My Life

Leslie Berry joined the army before the war, becoming a Royal Engineer. The Australian medical orderly...

Slave workers laying railway

As a pastime the Germans built past my uncle's gate the railway track for the train to run through to...

Scottish soldier stole in POW camp

I was practicing tunes as a hobby, then at Xmas 1944 I was so hungry I sold it for 3 eggs and...

Live goats in the rations

I was given two young live goats as part of the ration, which usually comprised bags of flour, rice, dried...

Prisoner of War - Red Cross Journal 1942 (Page 2)

It was sent back to families during WWII and James has kept this copy for history. The original can be...

STALAG XXA

He was in Stalag XXA for about five and a half years... He brought two mates home: he had developed from a...

Marrying a POW

In 1944 when the village was liberated by the Polish, the other ex-POW's left, but Ken stayed because...

RAF Bomber

An Italian farmer hid him, until the Germans came to the village. He escaped, along with an Australian...

The POW Camp Ambush

David the leader says that Max will bash the door down and Morris and David will storm in and see how many...

PRISNOR OF WAR

WE KNOW VERY LITTLE ,BUT WE DO KNOW THAT HE WAS MARCHED FOR WEEKS TO A CAMP IN GERMANY CALLED CAMP XXA...

Prisoner of War - Red Cross Journal 1942 (Page 1)

It was sent back to families during WWII and James has kept this copy for history. The original can be...

Great Escape

My Grandpa, a wing commander and navigator for his crew on the Sunderland was flying over the sea when they...

POW in Germany

He was trasported through Italy to Campo 54 near Rome. He must have seen the Allied bombers flying over to...

Prisoner of War - Red Cross Journal 1942 (Page 4)

It was sent back to families during WWII and James has kept this copy for history. The original can be...

German POW's Gift of Chess Set

During the 1940's my parents ran a small holding in Northumberland and employed many German POW's...

Japanese Prisoner Of War

I then spent 3 years and 9 months as a Japanese Prisoner of War....

Scots POW chicken theft

I was in the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders and had been captured by the Germans during the landing at St...

Kowloon prisoners

My brother in law, Ernie Colley, was in the RAF... He came home, was in hospital for some considerable time...

Selling dead flies to the Japs

One of the funniest was when he and another POW were manning a small furnace to burn flies that the Japs...

Prisoner of War - Red Cross Journal 1942 (Page 3)

It was sent back to families during WWII and James has kept this copy for history. The original can be...

93 P.O.W. Camp

Margerison and has been added to the site with the author's permission. Clifford Margerison, Army...

The arrival of the S.S. Vega in Guernsey with Red Cross parcels

I think there was more Canadian than New Zealand, well, bigger country....

My VJ Day

I was worried sick ,as my father ,who had survived the evacuation of Dunkirk ,had been captured by the...

Escaping Prisoners of War

My father was in charge of Camp 37 containing Italian prisoners of war. The prisoners, collectively, got...

Crete stopped Germany Winning the War

If it hadn't been for the Battle of Crete Germany would've won the war because for one thing we...