Description
Object description
Photocopy of ts illustrated account (30pp nd) of his service as 3rd Officer on various Merchant Navy vessels (1939 - 1941), but largely of his service on the SS HARLESDEN when she was attacked and captured by the German cruiser GNEISENAU in the Atlantic (February 1941), his serious injury, imprisonment and good treatment on board the German supply ship ERMLAND, excellent treatment and good relations with fellow (German) patients and staff at a military hospital at La Rochelle, France (March - August 1941), where his arm was amputated, life and conditions in prisoner of war camps in Germany at Sandbostel (August 1941 - February 1942), with special reference to the terrible conditions experienced by Russian POWs, and at Westertimke (Milag Nord, February - October 1943), including escape attempts, pastimes, character sketches of fellow POWs, raising money for the Red Cross, and an interlude in a Berlin military hospital, and finally the voyage via Sweden to repatriation on medical grounds (October 1943). The account is especially good on medical treatment given him, and on the attitudes (all good until he reaches Sandbostel) of the Germans towards him.
Content description
Photocopy of ts illustrated account (30pp nd) of his service as 3rd Officer on various Merchant Navy vessels (1939 - 1941), but largely of his service on the SS HARLESDEN when she was attacked and captured by the German cruiser GNEISENAU in the Atlantic (February 1941), his serious injury, imprisonment and good treatment on board the German supply ship ERMLAND, excellent treatment and good relations with fellow (German) patients and staff at a military hospital at La Rochelle, France (March - August 1941), where his arm was amputated, life and conditions in prisoner of war camps in Germany at Sandbostel (August 1941 - February 1942), with special reference to the terrible conditions experienced by Russian POWs, and at Westertimke (Milag Nord, February - October 1943), including escape attempts, pastimes, character sketches of fellow POWs, raising money for the Red Cross, and an interlude in a Berlin military hospital, and finally the voyage via Sweden to repatriation on medical grounds (October 1943). The account is especially good on medical treatment given him, and on the attitudes (all good until he reaches Sandbostel) of the Germans towards him.
History note
Cataloguer PHR
History note
Catalogue date 1992-01