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Richard Carver
(1913-1998)4th Field Regiment, New Zealand Division At the beginning of the Second World War,...
John Richardson
(1913-1998) 4th Field Regiment, New Zealand Division At the beginning of the war, Captain...
Robert Walter Calvey
(1922-2011) Trooper, 46th Reconnaissance (Recce) Corps Robert Calvey, a trooper in the 46th...
Malcom Webster
Australian Imperial ForcesMalcolm was only 18 years old when he decided to enlist. At the end of...
John Lindsay Alexander
(1920 – 2000) Lieutenant British Royal Engineers John was captured on 6 June 1944 during the...
John Fishwick Leeming
(1895 – 1965) Lieutenant, Royal Air Force John Leeming was a businessman and a writer with a...
Jeffery Morphew
(1918-1994) Pilot South African Air Force Jeffrey, a South African, was captured in Libya on 4...
Ian Spoule
(1922-2001) 2/32 Australian Infantry BattalionIan was only 18 when he decided to enlist on his...
Ronald Mann
Royal Artillery Ronald, a lieutenant, enlisted in March 1940. In August 1941, he was put in charge...
Laurie du Preez
Six South African Infantry Brigade Laurie du Preez, a policeman, enlisted in the 6th South African...
John Egbert Falls Dickson
Lieutenant Royal NavyJohn was captured on 29 June 1941 near Sirte with his comrades. He was...
Henry (Harry) James Rock
11° Battaglione Commando Royal MarinesAfter enlisting in 1939, Harry joined the Royal Marines,...
Carl Carrigan
(1913-1989) Gunner, 2/3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Australian ArmyCarl, with his brother Paul and his...
Bert Martin
(1919- 1998), 67th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery Bert was enlisted on 20 September 1939, when...
Anthony (Tony) Deane Drummond
Major, 1st Airborne Divisional SignalsMajor Deane-Drummond, Royal Corps of Signals, was among the...
William James Parlett
AWM 54 11/12/30/20William James Parlett, an Australian from Adelaide who, during peacetime, worked...
Stanley Skinner
WO 208/3325/48Stanley Skinner, Corporal in the 7th Armoured Division of the 2nd Middlesex...
Robert Sydney Jones
Imperial War Museums 25573Robert Sydney Jones[1] was born in Perth, Australia, in 1916. An...
Richard Crawsney Partridge
WO 208/3324/166Richard Crawsney Partridge, a Welsh farmer serving in North Africa, was captured in...
Norman Charles Johnson
WO 208/3315/8Lieutenant Norman Charles Johnson, a cotton broker living in Cheshire, was captured...
Michael Denman Gambier-Parry
WO 208/3320/48Major-General Michael Denman Gambier-Parry, a long-standing member of the British...
James Hargest
WO 208/3316/1587Brigadier James Hargest was part of the New Zealander expeditionary corps and was...
Jack Prichard
WO 208/3324/112Major Jack Pritchard, Royal Tank Regiment, was most likely captured in North Africa...
Henry William Cantle
WO 208/3320/65 Petty Officer Henry William Cantle was captured on 15 June 1942, when the HMS...
Eric Morris
WO 208/3325/60 Eric Morris, who in peacetime worked as a storeman for a post office, was captured...
Edward Henry Duke
WO 208/3324/141; WO 208/3324/138 Edward Henry Duke, born in 1916, worked as a borough council...
David Neil
WO 208/3325/59 Lance Sergeant David Neil, a Scot from Alloa, a small village near Edinburgh, was...
Claude Weaver
WO 208/3315/6 Claude Weaver, an American student from Oklahoma, is among the youngest escaped PoWs...
Claude Max Vallentin
WO 208/3317/1695 Claude Max Vallentin, Brigadier of the 5th Indian Division, was captured on 5...
Charles Clifford Norden
WO 208/3324/6Before the war, Charles Clifford Norden (born in 1917) was a shipyard worker in...
Paul Bullard
Painter, teacher and also a writer, as occasion arose, Paul Bullard was born in London in 1918. In...
Raymond D. Andrew
Raymond, a New Zealander, fought against the Axis in Egypt and Greece and was eventually captured...
George Ernest Evans
Royal Regiment of ArtilleryGeorge volunteered in 1940 in Skipton, Yorkshire, when he was 24 years...
Bill Garton
Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers YeomanryBill enlisted in the Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers...
John Myers
Royal ArtilleryGrenadier John Myers, Royal Artillery, was captured at Marsa Matruh on 29 June...
John Edward Hughes
John Edward Hughes was born in 1917 and was an inspector of jigs and tools before the war. He...
Albert William Benstead
Sapper Albert William Benstead was a carpenter in Cambridgeshire before the war. He was captured,...
John Gordon Langdon
Sergeant Major John Gordon Langdon was born in 1915 and was an employee of the oil company Shell...
William John Frank (Jack) Clarke
Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps – Lieutenant, Royal electrical and Mechanical...
William «Bill» Swan
Royal Durban Light Infantry Prisoners of war being marched out of Tobruk shortly after the...
Gordon Lett
Major Gordon Lett was born in Papua New Guiney to Australian parents (his mother was of Scottish...
Robert «Bobby» Walker-Brown
Captain «Bobby» Walker-Brown was wounded and captured on 10 June 1942, during the battle of Ai...
Charles Napier
V Indian division Charles Napier, a lieutenant of the 5th Indian Division, was captured with his...
Harvey Vivian Claxton
Royal Army Service Corps Harvey Vivian Claxton was born on 1 September 1915 and, before the war,...
Rowland Hewison
Guardsman Rowland Hewinson was captured in Tobruk in June 1942 and immediately moved to a camp in...
William Edwards
V Batallion Green Howards After the Armistice, many groups of British prisoners, who had escaped...
Arthur Wallace Scott
Lance Corporal, 24 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Arthur «Arch» Scott, a young New Zealander...
James Keith Killby
(London, 1916 – 2018) OBE – Cavaliere Ufficiale; 150ª Unità di Ambulanza da Campo – Special Air...
Arthur Jobson
Arthur and his brother Tom, both Australians, were captured on 27 July 1942 near Miteirya (Ruin...
Albert Edward G. Clapson
Lance Corporal 2nd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment Albert was captured at Tobruk in June 1942....