Prisoners of War

Egging her on….

When I was a sergeant, I had to look after a young officer, called Duncan-Smith, who had married a man from...

Extract from chap.7 on "Gash" by Jim Blomfield

While unloading a wagon of steel bars, one of the men found a dead wild rabbit....

John McConville - Prisoner of War

He was captured in Lille, France and was marched 1000 miles to Torun in Poland where he was put in POW camp...

Escape from Hong Kong

My grand father escaped with friends from Hong Kong by swimming the harbour and trekking accross China to...

Rice with glass

We were kept hungry.I remember we were given rice with glass in it. I escaped with other men and we lived...

Stalag Luft XXXVII

"Whos Tom, Dick and Harry?" someone said. "Tom, Dick and Harry are tunnels....

Johnny's Diary as prisoner of world war II - Stalag IVB

Johnny Finlayson spent one and half years in Stalag IVB where he kept a diary written in pencil. This diary...

Monkey Stew

My Grandad hardly spoke of his time as a Prisoner of War in Shanghai. My Grandad also said that you never...

The Captured French Farmer

Albert was also a farmer so he had to replace the Austrian farmer who had gone to war....

My grandfathers leg

Now my grandfather doesnt have a leg. Since I have known my grandfather I have never ever heard him say...

John Hawkins, Singapore, 1941 and Japan until 1945

I'll add text later about my father's experiences in Changi jail, SIngapore and then in a POW camp...

army camp to prison

An old friend of mine retired from the prison service about 15 years ago,from this prison, but the amazing...

Lawrence Mosley and the POW.

Lawrence Mosley and the POW. Lawrence Mosley worked on Blake's Farm and was accompanied on his days...

Surviving Stalag 8B

See story entitled 'A father remembered' On a recent visit in 2005 Mrs Noble met and talked with 6...

My Brother: Prisoner of War

After two years the Red Cross sent us a card to say that he was alive and a prisoner of war in...

Feeling Human Again

Feeling Human Again...

prisoner of war

Prisoner of War...

Concert Party at Stalag 8B

A concert party held at Stalag 8B....

ALEXANDRAS STORY

MY GRANDAD, WAS A GUARD AT A POW CAMP IN JERUSULEM FROM 1943-1945. AND HE WAS THE MAN THAT OPENED THE GATES...

Marienburg XXB POW camp

This is a hand made Christmas cards that I sent to my parents, whilst a prisoner at the camp....

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HELL IN GERMAN`S PRISONERS CAMP....

Marienburg XXB POW camp football team

This English POW team that challenged the Scottish POW team in 1944, at the above POW camp....

Marienburg XXB POW Camp

Telegram sent home to parents to notify of release from POW camp....

Jack Lazenby and John Dow

Jack Lazenby and John Dow...