Michael Denman Gambier-Parry

Michael Denman Gambier-Parry

by | Jun 26, 2024 | stories eng

w Michael Denman Gambier-Parry WO 208/3320/48 Major-General Michael Denman Gambier-Parry, a long-standing member of the British Army (he enlisted in 1911), was captured by Italian troops in Mechili, Libya, on 8 April 1941 while he was commanding the 2nd Armoured...
James Hargest

James Hargest

by | Jun 26, 2024 | stories eng

w James Hargest WO 208/3316/1587 Brigadier James Hargest was part of the New Zealander expeditionary corps and was captured in Libya, near the Sidi Azeiz airfield (today abandoned) on 27 November 1931. His position had come under attack by Rommel’s armoured...
Jack Prichard

Jack Prichard

by | Jun 26, 2024 | stories eng

w Jack Prichard WO 208/3324/112 Major Jack Pritchard, Royal Tank Regiment, was most likely captured in North Africa in 1942, even though there is no precise indication as to where or when exactly. It is certain, instead, that he was in PG 29 Veano on 9 September...
Henry William Cantle

Henry William Cantle

by | May 30, 2024 | stories eng

w Henry William Cantle WO 208/3320/65 Petty Officer Henry William Cantle was captured on 15 June 1942, when the HMS Bedouin, a Tribal-class destroyer, was sunk off the coast of Pantelleria by an Italian torpedo bomber after a battle with two Italian cruisers....
Eric Morris

Eric Morris

by | May 30, 2024 | stories eng

w Eric Morris WO 208/3325/60 Eric Morris, who in peacetime worked as a storeman for a post office, was captured in Tunis on 3 December 1942, a few days before his twentieth birthday. He was immediately transferred to Sicily, to PG 98, San Giuseppe Jato and, a...