Date of birth:

18/02/1901

Place:

Badia di Fabriano

Province:

Ancona

Region:

Marche

Assistance provided:

Food, shelter, other goods of first necessity

Prisoners helped:

Cpt. William Peter Bulmer-Royal Artillery, Lte. Michael Wagner-Welch Regiment, and other unidentified escapees
Leggi la storia di Michael Wagner

Start date:

September 1943

End date:

May 1944

Other helpers involved:

Carlo Egidio Cristalli, Giuseppe Pellegrini. [Altri helpers legati a Bulmer e Wagner tra Bologna, San Marino, Esanatoglia]: Gigi Cardona, famiglia Medici, Carlo Bernardini, Diali Zeno, Lucia Grifoni e suo marito.

Description:

Achille, owner of a company selling electrical and radio equipment based in Fabriano, aided numerous escaping prisoners in the area from the days following the armistice. Among the soldiers he cared for, Achille particularly recalls William Peter Bulmer and Michael Wagner, who reached the area around Fabriano after fleeing from PG 19 Bologna.

Bibliography:

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Archival sources:

NARA, Record Group 331: Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II Series: Inventory of the Records of the Prisoner of War Claims Screening Commission and the Allied Screening Commission (Italy), Claim n° 82.876.