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Raymond, a New Zealander, fought against the Axis in Egypt and Greece and was eventually captured...

Royal Regiment of ArtilleryGeorge volunteered in 1940 in Skipton, Yorkshire, when he was 24 years...

Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers YeomanryBill enlisted in the Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers...

Royal ArtilleryGrenadier John Myers, Royal Artillery, was captured at Marsa Matruh on 29 June...

John Edward Hughes was born in 1917 and was an inspector of jigs and tools before the war. He...

Sapper Albert William Benstead was a carpenter in Cambridgeshire before the war. He was captured,...

Sergeant Major John Gordon Langdon was born in 1915 and was an employee of the oil company Shell...

Second Lieutenant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps – Lieutenant, Royal electrical and Mechanical...

Royal Durban Light Infantry Prisoners of war being marched out of Tobruk shortly after the...

Major Gordon Lett was born in Papua New Guiney to Australian parents (his mother was of Scottish...

Captain «Bobby» Walker-Brown was wounded and captured on 10 June 1942, during the battle of Ai...

V Indian division Charles Napier, a lieutenant of the 5th Indian Division, was captured with his...

Royal Army Service Corps Harvey Vivian Claxton was born on 1 September 1915 and, before the war,...

Guardsman Rowland Hewinson was captured in Tobruk in June 1942 and immediately moved to a camp in...

V Batallion Green Howards After the Armistice, many groups of British prisoners, who had escaped...

Lance Corporal, 24 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Arthur «Arch» Scott, a young New Zealander...

(London, 1916 – 2018) OBE – Cavaliere Ufficiale; 150ª Unità di Ambulanza da Campo – Special Air...

Arthur and his brother Tom, both Australians, were captured on 27 July 1942 near Miteirya (Ruin...

Lance Corporal 2nd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment Albert was captured at Tobruk in June 1942....

(1920-2014)British NCO, 107th Regiment, South Notts Hussars, Royal ArtilleryRaymond was among the...

II Batallion Welch RegimentSergeant Edwards, belonging to the II Batallion Welch Regiment, was...

Royal Engineers - British ArmyPeter was captured in North Africa. He spent some time at PG 75,...

(Liverpool, 1920 - Orpington, 2018) MBE, Liverpool Territorial Army, Royal ArtilleryFrank...

Thomas Daniel «Dan» Knox, VI Earl of RanfurlyThomas Daniel «Dan» Knox, VI Earl of Ranfurly, was...

Ben Ellis, a South African from Johannesburg, was captured on 20 June 1942 in Tobruk, as the Axis...

Royal Army Ordinance CorpsDavid Thomas Griffiths was born on 28 June 1916 and, before the war, was...

VI Royal Tank Regiment George Albert Drew was born on 15 February 1919 and was a banker by...

Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC)Captain Daljit Singh Kalha, an officer in the Royal Indian...

Signal Corps Fred Milner, who served with the Signal Corps, was captured by German troops near...

George Braithwaite was captured near Benghazi in June 1942, when the Axis troops surrounded the...

(Londra, 1920) Northamptonshire Regiment Donald was captured in North Africa in June 1942; he was...

7th Black Watch Battalion (51st Highland division)Captain Reid was captured on 6 April 1943 in...

Royal Army Service Corps Arthur Daniels was born on 16 June 1916 and, before the war, was a...

Petty Office, Royal NavyCyril Kennedy was born on 15 December 1911 and lived in Liverpool before...

Lieutenant, Durham Light InfantryJohn fought on the Egyptian border under the command of General...

«Fortune favours the bold»Donal I. JonesDonald (left) and Geoff in Sulmona, 1943Donald was...

(1916-2003) Royal Navy Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (Yachtsman's Reserve)Moran, a passionate...

(1909-2000) Distinguished Service Order (DSO), 4th Battalion "The Green Howards"Frank...

(1917-2017) MBE, The Welch Regiment Major Michael (Mick) Wagner of the Welch Regiment was captured...

Hugh MainwaringLieutenant-colonel Hugh Salsbury Kynaston Mainwaring was a financial broker before...