William Edwards

William Edwards

by | Jul 28, 2022 | stories eng

w William Edwards V Batallion Green Howards After the Armistice, many groups of British prisoners, who had escaped from the nearby PG 115 Morgano, took refuge in the hills around Spoleto to avoid being recaptured and deported to Germany. William and six other...
Arthur Wallace Scott

Arthur Wallace Scott

by | Jul 28, 2022 | stories eng

w Arthur Wallace Scott Lance Corporal, 24 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Arthur «Arch» Scott, a young New Zealander corporal, enlisted as a soldier. However, he was captured in December 1941, during his first battle in Egypt near El Alamein. After spending some...
James Keith Killby

James Keith Killby

by | Jul 28, 2022 | stories eng

w James Keith Killby (London, 1916 – 2018) OBE – Cavaliere Ufficiale; 150ª Unità di Ambulanza da Campo – Special Air Service – Special Boat Service When the war broke out, Keith, a conscientious objector, enlisted in the 150th field ambulance corps of the 50th...
Arthur Jobson

Arthur Jobson

by | Jul 28, 2022 | stories eng

w Arthur Jobson Arthur and his brother Tom, both Australians, were captured on 27 July 1942 near Miteirya (Ruin Ridge, Libya). They were transferred to El Dabaa, Mersa Matruh and reached Benghazi, where they remained for roughly 15 days. From there, «packed like...
Albert Edward G. Clapson

Albert Edward G. Clapson

by | Jul 28, 2022 | stories eng

w Albert Edward G. Clapson Lance Corporal 2nd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment Albert was captured at Tobruk in June 1942. After some time in Tripoli, he was transferred to PG 66 Capua. He was later taken to the military hospital in Rome with pneumonia. Finally,...