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  • Parry, Hugh Lawrence (IWM interview) Parry, Hugh Lawrence (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1985-09-04

    British officer served as pilot with 601 Sqdn, RAF in Malta, 1942; served with 41 Sqdn, RAF in GB, 1943; evaded capture in France, 1943-1944; POW in France and Germany, 1944

  • Heath, Charles Philip (IWM interview) Heath, Charles Philip (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1986

    British officer served with 1st, 2nd, 59th and 135th Siege Batteries, Royal Garrison Artillery in GB and on Western Front, 1914-1918. Served with Changi Fire Command in Singapore 1942; POW of Japanese in Singapore, 1942-1945

  • Newborough, Robert Charles Michael Vaughan Wynn (IWM interview) Newborough, Robert Charles Michael Vaughan Wynn (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987-03-03

    British civilian commanded Fleet Air Arm vessel during evacuation of Dunkirk, 5/1940-6/1940; officer commanded MTB 74 during raid on St Nazaire 3/1942; POW in Marlag und Milag Nord and Oflag IV C Colditz, Germany, 1942-1944. Escaped by being repatriated...

  • Cook, George (IWM interview) Cook, George (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987-09-25

    British private served with 4 Commando in GB and during Dieppe Raid, France, 1941-1942; POW in France and Stalag VIIIB, Lamsdorf in Germany, 1942-1944; repatriated to GB, 1944

  • Arnall, Jack (IWM interview) Arnall, Jack (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987-09-23

    British gunner served with 45th Field Regt, Royal Artillery in Korea, 1950-1951; POW in North Korea, 1951-1953

  • Bakewell, Frank (IWM interview) Bakewell, Frank (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1985-06-18

    British NCO served with 8th Bn Sherwood Foresters in Norway, 1940

  • Cole, George (IWM interview) Cole, George (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1986

    British private served as signaller with 3rd Northumbrian Bde, Royal Field Artillery in GB, 1915; served with 252, 253 and 250 Bdes, Royal Artillery in GB and on Western Front 1915-1918; POW in France and Germany, 1918

  • Thompson, George (IWM interview) Thompson, George (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1986

    British private served with 20th and 5th Bns Durham Light Infantry on Western Front, 1917-1918; POW in Germany, 1918-1919

  • PEARSON, JOHN (IWM interview) PEARSON, JOHN (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1985

    British private served with 8th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers in Gallipoli and Egypt, 1915-1916; served with 16th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers on Western Front, 1916-1917; POW in Belgium and Germany, 1917-1918

  • Gilbert, David 'Tony (IWM interview) Gilbert, David 'Tony (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company)

    British civilian political activist in east London 1920s-1930s, served as runner with British Bn, 15th International Bde, in Spain, 3/1937-4/1938; POW, 4-12/1938

  • Collins, Harold Bernard (IWM interview) Collins, Harold Bernard (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1986-11-05

    British civilian in North Kensington, London 1928-1937. Served with 15th International Bde in Spain, 8/1937-3/1938; POW, 4/1938-12/1939

  • Boughton, Harold (IWM interview) Boughton, Harold (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1984

    British private served with 2/1st Bn City of London Regt in GB, Malta, Gallipoli, Egypt and on Western Front, 1914-1916; served with 100th Provisional Bn in GB, 1916; served with Royal Defence Corps at Leigh POW Camp, GB, 1916-1919

  • Landes, Roger (IWM interview) Landes, Roger (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1985-01-03

    British Army officer served with Force 133, SOE in GB and France 1942-1944, wireless operator and commanding officer in Bordeaux area. Served with Force 136 in Malaya 1945-1946

  • North, Frank Irving (IWM interview) North, Frank Irving (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987-05-19

    British NCO served with 8th Bn Sherwood Foresters in Norway, 1940

  • FAULK, HENRY (IWM interview) FAULK, HENRY (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987-03-31

    British officer served as interpreter with Intelligence Corps and as Chief Executive Field Officer of POW Division of Foreign Office in German POW camps in GB, 1944-1948

  • Petts, Ronald John (IWM interview) Petts, Ronald John (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987-03-02

    British civilian artist and conscientious objector in London and Wales, GB, 1939-1941; agricultural worker in GB, 1941-1944; private served with Pioneer Corps in GB, 1944; NCO served with 224 Parachute Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps in North...

  • IWM interview IWM interview

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1984

    British gunner served as bugler with 82nd Bty, 110th Bde Royal Field Artillery in India and Mesopotamia, 1908-1916; present at siege of Kut-el-Amara, 4/1916; POW in Turkey, 1916-1918

  • Nelson, Thomas Robert (IWM interview) Nelson, Thomas Robert (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1984

    British officer POW in Stalag Luft III, Sagan in Germany, 1942-1945 including participation in Great Escape, 3/1944

  • Philpot, Oliver Lawrence Spurling (IWM interview) Philpot, Oliver Lawrence Spurling (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987

    British officer served as pilot with 42 Sqdn, 18 Group, RAF in GB, 1940-1941; POW in Germany, 1941-1943. Participated in the 'Wooden Horse' escape from Stalag Luft III, Sagan in Germany, 1943

  • Cass, Thomas (IWM interview) Cass, Thomas (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1984

    British sapper served with 201st Field Coy Royal Engineers on Western Front, 1915-1918; POW in Germany, 1918

  • Wade, James Dorrofield (IWM interview) Wade, James Dorrofield (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987

    British private served with 11th Bn Royal Fusiliers on Western Front, 1917-1918; served with 2nd Bn Suffolk Regt in Shanghai, China, 1927-1928; served as NCO with 5th Bn Suffolk Regt in Singapore, Malaya, 1941; POW in Thailand, 1942-1945 including work...

  • Patch, James Douglas (IWM interview) Patch, James Douglas (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987-09-10

    British gunner served with Long Range Desert Group in North Africa and Greece, 1941-1943; POW escaped and served with Chetniks in Yugoslavia, 1943-1945

  • Osmond, Thomas Edward (IWM interview) Osmond, Thomas Edward (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1984

    British officer served with Royal Army Medical Corps in Mesopotamia, 1914-1916; captured at seige of Kut-el-Amara and POW in Turkey, 1916-1918

  • Morton, Frederick Samuel (IWM interview) Morton, Frederick Samuel (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1986-07-07

    British private served with 9th Bn Sherwood Foresters in GB and Norway, 1939-1940; POW in Germany, 1940-1945

  • Sheppard, Leslie Gaius John1 (IWM interview) Sheppard, Leslie Gaius John1 (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1985-03-19

    British private and NCO served with 1/5th Bn Leicestershire Regt in GB and Norway, 1932-1940

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    (sound) Made by: Napier, Joseph (Production company) 1985

    British officer served with the 4th Bn South Wales Borderers in Gallipoli and Mesopotamia, 1914-1917; POW in Turkey, 1917-1918. Officer served with Movement Control, Eastern Command in GB, 1939-1944 and with Austrian Control Commission in GB and Italy,...

  • Leagus, Albert Edward (IWM interview) Leagus, Albert Edward (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1985

    British private served with 1/10th Bn London Regt and 2/5th Bn Essex Regt in GB, 1916-1917; served as driver with Army Service Corps on Western Front, 1917; POW in Germany and Poland, 1917-1918

  • Champion Jones, Montagu (IWM interview) Champion Jones, Montagu (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987

    British officer served with Royal Engineers in GB and India, 1922-1937; served with Railway Establishment Movement Control Royal Engineers and at GHQ British Expeditionary Force in France, 1939-1940; captured at Abbeville, France, 1940 and POW in Ilag...

  • McGeoch, Ian Lachlan Mackay (IWM interview) McGeoch, Ian Lachlan Mackay (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987-07-27

    British officer served aboard submarines HMS Clyde, H43 and HMS Triumph in Atlantic and GB coastal waters, 1939-1940; commanded submarines H 43 and H 34 in GB coastal waters, 1940-1941; served with 10th Submarine Flotilla on Malta, 1941 including patrol...

  • Boiteux-Burdett, Robert Rene (IWM interview) Boiteux-Burdett, Robert Rene (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1988-08-01

    Anglo-French civilian served with F Section, SOE in Lyons and Marseilles areas of France, code-name 'Nicholas', 1942-1944 and with Force 136 in Burma and in liberation of Sumatra and Singapore 1944; release of FEPOWS. Work for Control Commission in...

  • Morgan, Morien Waldo Parry (IWM interview) Morgan, Morien Waldo Parry (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1987-09

    British volunteer served with No.2 Coy, British Bn, 15th International Brigade in Spain, 9/1937-1/1938; POW, 1/1938-1939.

  • Yanagi, Satoru (IWM interview) Yanagi, Satoru (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1999-08-14

    Japanese officer served with 31 Div in Burma, 1944-1945 [In Japanese with translator]

  • Westwood, William Kenneth Lindsay (IWM interview) Westwood, William Kenneth Lindsay (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1999-11-10

    British NCO served with 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regt in Korea, 1951; POW in North Korea, 1951-1953

  • Cox, James Douglas (IWM interview) Cox, James Douglas (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1999-03-23

    British guardsman served on public duties in GB, 1939-1942; served with 3rd Bn Coldstream Guards in North Africa and Italy, 1943; POW in Germany, 1943-1945

  • Bouch, Eric William (IWM interview) Bouch, Eric William (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1999-07-13

    British private served with 2nd Bn Cambridgeshire Regt in GB and Singapore, Malaya, 1938-1942; POW on Burma Thailand Railway and in Japan, 1942-1945

  • Bennington, Lloyd Bernard (IWM interview) Bennington, Lloyd Bernard (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1999-07-06

    British private served with 2nd Bn Cambridgeshire Regt in GB and Malaya, 1939-1942; POW on Burma-Thailand Railway and in Japan, 1942-1945

  • Hare, Ronald (IWM interview) Hare, Ronald (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1999-04-19

    British private served with 70th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and 57th Anti-Tank Regt, Royal Artillery in GB, 1941-1943; gunner served with 1st Airlanding Battery, Royal Artillery in Italy, 1943-1944 and at Arnhem, Netherlands, 9/1944; POW in...

  • Hargreaves, Edgar Charles Stewart (IWM interview) Hargreaves, Edgar Charles Stewart (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1981-11-23

    British officer served with Special Operations Executive attached to Chetnik forces in Yugoslavia, 1942-1943; POW in Belgrade, 1943; inmate in Buchenwald concentration camp, 1943-1944; POW in Maerisch-Truebau and Oflag IV C, Colditz, Germany, 1944-1945

  • Everest, Peter Raymond (IWM interview) Everest, Peter Raymond (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1990-08

    British seaman served aboard HMS Gloucester in Mediterranean, 1941 including sinking 5/1941; POW in Greece, 1941

  • Amatt, Sidney Albert (IWM interview) Amatt, Sidney Albert (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1985

    British NCO served with 7th Bn, Essex Regt in GB, 1915-1916; served with 1/5th Bn, London Regt on Western Front, 1916-1917; POW in Germany, 1917-1918, escaped and evaded in Belgium, 1918; served Tank Corps in GB, India and Iraq, 1920-1928; served with...

  • Morton, Robert Alexander 'Butch' (IWM interview) Morton, Robert Alexander 'Butch' (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1997-10-27

    British NCO served as pilot with 74 and 616 Sqdns, RAF in GB, 1940-1941; POW in Stalag IX C, Bad Sulza and Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Stalag Luft VI, Heydekrug and Stalag 357, Fallingbostel, 1941-1945

  • ASHBY, JOHN (IWM interview) ASHBY, JOHN (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1986

    British private served with 2nd and 5th Bn, Middlesex Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918; POW in Germany, 1918

  • Monico, Peter John Emile (IWM interview) Monico, Peter John Emile (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1983-09-23

    British officer served as adjutant with 7th Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps in GB and North West Europe 1939-1940. Captured during defence of Calais, POW

  • Atkins, Brian Henry (IWM interview) Atkins, Brian Henry (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1992-02-04

    British NCO served as bomb-aimer with 138 (Special Duties) Sqdn, RAF in GB and with 148 Sqdn, RAF in North Africa 1943; POW in Germany 1943-1945

  • Razzell, Alfred Charles (IWM interview) Razzell, Alfred Charles (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1991

    British NCO served with 8th Bn Royal Fusiliers in GB and on Western Front, 1914-1917; POW in Germany, 1917-1918

  • Smiley, David de Crespigny (IWM interview) Smiley, David de Crespigny (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1988

    British officer served with 1st Household Cavalry Regt in GB and Middle East, 1939-1940; served with 52 (Middle East) Commando in Egygt and East Africa, 1940-1941; served with 1st Household Cavalry Regt in Iraq, Syria, Persia, Cyprus and North Africa,...

  • Notley, William Ronald (IWM interview) Notley, William Ronald (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1996-05-03

    British gunner served as driver with 155th Field Regt, Royal Artillery in Malaya, 1941-1942; POW in Changi Jail, Singapore, Kinkaseki Camp, Taiwan and 6 Branch Camp, Omine Coal Mine, Yamaguchi, Japan, 1942-1945

  • Painting, Thomas Henry (IWM interview) Painting, Thomas Henry (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1974

    British NCO served with 1st Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps in Egypt, GB and on Western Front, 1909-1914; POW in Germany, 1914-1915; escaped via Denmark to GB, 1915

  • Drury, John Robert (IWM interview) Drury, John Robert (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1986-06-19

    British private and NCO served with 8th Bn Sherwood Foresters in GB and Norway, 1936-1940; POW in Stalag XX A, Thorn in Germany, 1940-1945

  • de Wardener, Hugh Edward (IWM interview) de Wardener, Hugh Edward (IWM interview)

    (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 2002-06-13

    British doctor served with Royal Army Medical Corps in GB and Singapore, 1939-1942. POW doctor in Singapore and Thailand, 1942-1945.

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