George Braithwaite

George Braithwaite

by | Jul 7, 2022 | stories eng

w George Braithwaite George Braithwaite was captured near Benghazi in June 1942, when the Axis troops surrounded the city. From there started his long and harsh journey to PG 70 Monturano (Fermo).   We were then bundled into a large, very high sided Italian...
Donald Randall

Donald Randall

by | Jul 5, 2022 | stories eng

w Donald Randall (Londra, 1920) Northamptonshire Regiment Donald was captured in North Africa in June 1942; he was 22 at the time. He was transferred to PG 55 Busseto and assigned to the IV detachment of the camp, a farm (the «Cascina Stralocchio»), in Stagno...
Ian Reid

Ian Reid

by | Jul 5, 2022 | stories eng

w Ian Reid 7th Black Watch Battalion (51st Highland division) Captain Reid was captured on 6 April 1943 in Tunisia, serving in the 7th Black Watch Battalion. He was wounded on the right hand and spent four months in PG 203 Castel San Pietro Terme, a PoW hospital...
Arthur Daniels

Arthur Daniels

by | Jul 5, 2022 | stories eng

w Arthur Daniels Royal Army Service Corps Arthur Daniels was born on 16 June 1916 and, before the war, was a gardener in Hylton, Sunderland. During the war, he entered the Royal Army Service Corps as a driver and was later captured on 22 June 1942 in Tobruk. He...
Cyril Kennedy

Cyril Kennedy

by | Jul 4, 2022 | stories eng

w Cyril Kennedy Petty Office, Royal Navy Cyril Kennedy was born on 15 December 1911 and lived in Liverpool before the war. He was a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy. Cyril was captured, together with the crew of the HMS submarine Oswald, in the Messina strait on 2...
John Muir

John Muir

by | Jul 1, 2022 | stories eng

w John Muir Lieutenant, Durham Light Infantry John fought on the Egyptian border under the command of General Archibald Wavell as a lieutenant of the Durham Light Infantry, taking part in Operation Brevity (May 1941), which led to the reconquest of Fort Capuzzo...