Albert William Benstead

Albert William Benstead

w Albert William Benstead Sapper Albert William Benstead was a carpenter in Cambridgeshire before the war. He was captured, with his company, on 30 May 1942, in the desert between Libya and Egypt. His journey to PG 53 Macerata was long and lasted more than a...
John Gordon Langdon

John Gordon Langdon

w John Gordon Langdon Sergeant Major John Gordon Langdon was born in 1915 and was an employee of the oil company Shell in Sierra Leone. He was captured by the Axis forces on 1 June 1942, south of Gazala (Libya). The Italians took him to Brindisi, where he arrived...
William John Frank (Jack) Clarke

William John Frank (Jack) Clarke

w William John Frank (Jack) Clarke Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps – Lieutenant, Royal electrical and Mechanical Engineers Jack was captured in Libya on 8 April 1941. He was transferred to Italy and spent two years in various camps. At first, in PG...
William «Bill» Swan

William «Bill» Swan

w William «Bill» Swan Royal Durban Light Infantry Prisoners of war being marched out of Tobruk shortly after the surrenderBy Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-785-0294-32A / Tannenberg / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, Link South African Bill Swan, a lieutenant of the Royal...
Gordon Lett

Gordon Lett

w Gordon Lett Major Gordon Lett was born in Papua New Guiney to Australian parents (his mother was of Scottish ancestry) and was a soldier by profession. He was transferred to Sudan during the war, participated in the North African campaign, and was captured in...
Robert «Bobby» Walker-Brown

Robert «Bobby» Walker-Brown

w Robert «Bobby» Walker-Brown Captain «Bobby» Walker-Brown was wounded and captured on 10 June 1942, during the battle of Ai nel-Gazala in Libya. He was taken to Italy and remained in  Lucca hospital for a while. Then, he was assigned to PG 21 Chieti during the...