Hoggard, John Wellesley (Oral history)

Sound: © IWM

1847020027
Use this audio under Non-Commercial licence

Embed this sound recording for online use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence
By embedding this audio file you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non-Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is:

Sound: © IWM

Accepted Non-commercial Use

Permitted use for these purposes:
Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UK’s exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located.
Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall.
Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially.
Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training.
Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing.
Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee.

If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact the Image and Film Licensing Team. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use.

Embed

<iframe src="https://www.iwm.org.uk/embed/?id=80017017&media_id=91421" height="430" width="480" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe>
992721589
Use this audio under Non-Commercial licence

Embed this sound recording for online use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence
By embedding this audio file you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non-Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is:

Sound: © IWM

Accepted Non-commercial Use

Permitted use for these purposes:
Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UK’s exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located.
Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall.
Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially.
Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training.
Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing.
Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee.

If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact the Image and Film Licensing Team. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use.

Embed

<iframe src="https://www.iwm.org.uk/embed/?id=80017017&media_id=91422" height="430" width="480" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe>
1605006955
Use this audio under Non-Commercial licence

Embed this sound recording for online use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence
By embedding this audio file you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non-Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is:

Sound: © IWM

Accepted Non-commercial Use

Permitted use for these purposes:
Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UK’s exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located.
Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall.
Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially.
Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training.
Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing.
Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee.

If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact the Image and Film Licensing Team. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use.

Embed

<iframe src="https://www.iwm.org.uk/embed/?id=80017017&media_id=91423" height="430" width="480" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe>
1062905808
Use this audio under Non-Commercial licence

Embed this sound recording for online use under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence
By embedding this audio file you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non-Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is:

Sound: © IWM

Accepted Non-commercial Use

Permitted use for these purposes:
Personal use for non-commercial research and private study and other uses under the UK’s exceptions to copyright and those exceptions to copyright in place where the user is located.
Use on websites that are primarily information-led, research-oriented and not behind a paywall.
Use on personal social media accounts, provided the individuals are not promoting themselves commercially.
Non-Commercial educational use for the purpose of teaching and instruction, including internal training.
Downloading audio-visual for non-commercial offline listening or viewing.
Free exhibitions held in venues, which do not charge an entry fee.

If you would like to use IWM collections materials in a way that is not covered above, require a commercial licence, high-resolution copies, or have manipulation requests, please contact the Image and Film Licensing Team. Digital files of films and sound recordings are available at cost depending on intended use.

Embed

<iframe src="https://www.iwm.org.uk/embed/?id=80017017&media_id=91424" height="430" width="480" frameborder="no" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Description

Object description

British officer served aboard HMS Voltaire in Mediterranean and North Atlantic, 1939-1941 including sinking by German auxiliary cruiser Thor off Cape Verde Islands, 4/4/1941; prisoner of war in Stalag X-B, Sandbostel, Marlag X-B Compound, Stalag X-B, Sandbostel and Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, Germany, 4/1941-4/1945

Content description

REEL 1 Background in GB, 1919-1936: family; education; joining Merchant Navy, 1936. Recollections of operations as officer aboard armed merchant cruiser HMS Voltaire in Mediterranean and North Atlantic, 1939-1941: appointment to ship, 1939; contraband control in Mediterranean, 1939-1940; convoy escort work in North Atlantic, 1940-1941; sinking of ship by German raider Thor off Cape Verde Islands, 4/4/1941; period in sea and rescue. Recollections of period as prisoner of war at Stalag X-B, Sandbostel, Germany, 4/1941-5/1942: arrival at Cuxhaven and propaganda photograph for Völkischer Beobachter Newspaper; how news of sinking of HMS Hood was announced by German commandant of the camp, 5/1941; German treatment of Soviet prisoners of war, 1941; role in tunneling escape attempt, 11/1941-4/1942. REEL 2 Continues: escape from camp. 4/1942; method of obtaining Reichsmarks in camp; attempts to get to Sweden via Lübeck and Travmünde; recapture in Baltic area; treatment by Gestapo at Travmünde. Aspects of period as prisoner of war in Marlag X-B Compound, Stalag X-B, Sandbostel, Germany 5/1942-7/1942: reasons for transfer to Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle including initial impressions of Colditz Castle; transfer of Merchant Navy prisoners of war from Stalag X-B to Marlag und Milag Nord, Westertimke, 5/1942; prior recollections of interrogation by Germans at Dulag Nord, Wilhelmshaven, 1941. Recollections of period as prisoner of war in Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, 7/1942-4/1945: friends, accommodation and cooking facilities; German rations provided to prisoners of war; role during escape attempts. REEL 3 Continues: German response to call of 'Goons Up'; Colditz Glider; blackmail of German guards; escape equipment that arrived from GB; German investigation of contents of Red Cross parcels; coping with loss of freedom; liberation of camp, 4/1945; readjusting to freedom in GB and rejoining Royal Navy in Pacific; opinion of Germans. REEL 4 Continues: behaviour of Germans in charge of camp especially during liberation, 4/1945; prior recollections of treatment of German security officer at Marlag X-B Compound.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Hoggard, John Wellesley (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1996-11-06
Dimensions: whole: Duration 100, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 16910

Object associations

Our collections information

We have over 1.7 million object records online, and we are adding to this all the time. Our records are never finished. Sometimes we discover new information that changes what we know about an object, such as who made it or used it. Sometimes we change how an object is interpreted. We sometimes make mistakes in our spelling, transcription or categorisation, or miss information out of our records.

Read more about our collections and the information we hold. Developing our collections information

If you have concerns about the language in this record, or you have information to improve it, please share your feedback.

We receive a lot of comments and can't respond to each one, but we do read them all and will respond where we can.

Hoggard, John Wellesley (Oral history)

Description

Object description

Content description

Object Details

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Associated places

Associated keywords

Associated themes

Our collections information

Related content

HMS Belfast at 80