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Recollections of Harold Edmonde Isherwood Bennett's long march.
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Harold was shot down in 1942 and swam for hours off Cape Gris Nez before being picked up by the Germans. Ended up in Stalag Luft 111, where he met Dixie Deans, the early founder of the Tally Ho Escaping club. He arrived at Fallingbostel in August…
Dr TM Park's memoirs
Dr Park's memoirs relating to the Long March.
1. Gresse Bombing account.
2. The Long March from Stalag 357.
3. Transcript of telephone conversation with Dr Park.
4. Letter from Heather at Reader's Digest to Cornelius Ryan.
5. Two letters from Dr…
1. Gresse Bombing account.
2. The Long March from Stalag 357.
3. Transcript of telephone conversation with Dr Park.
4. Letter from Heather at Reader's Digest to Cornelius Ryan.
5. Two letters from Dr…
Copies of documents about the Long March
Brief notes kept by Mower. Included is Dixie Deans 'Ausweis' pass.
Prisoner of war recollections of Ronald Hogg
Ronald was as navigator in a Wellington shot down over Osnabruck 30 October 1940. He was interrogated and then detained in Dulag Luft, Stalag Luft I (Barth), Stalag Luft 3 (Sagan), Stalag Luft 6 (Heydekrug), Stalag XX-A (Thorun) and the…
John Heape's account of the Long March
A copy of a diary kept by John.
Telephone conversation with Deans - 7 May 1963
A transcript of a phone conversation.
Transcript of interview with Harold Bennett
A transcript with a prisoner of war, Harold Isherwood-Bennett by HC.
Daily Express - 17 April 1945
A transcript of an article in the Daily Express. It describes the liberation of prisoners of war at two camps near Fallingbostel.
Letter to Miss Chapman from Murray Chown
Murray describes his impressions of the Long March. He describes Dixie Deans passing on real news from the BBC radio they had with them.
Interview with Clement Murray Chown
Clement's experiences as a prisoner of war.
Prisoner of war diaries and memoirs
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Diaries and memoirs of prisoners of war. There are stories of camp life, maps, poetry, cartoons and art works.
The Bridge
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The crossing of a bridge under attack from RAF aircraft.
Interview with Geoffrey Kenneth Wilson
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Geoffrey's story at the end of the Long March.
The Track from Gresse
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A description of the Long March. It covers the attack on the column of men by RAF Typhoons who mistook the prisoners of war for German soldiers.
Mower's comparison of camps at the beginning and end of the war
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He describes their capture by the Germans (just prior to the Dunkirk evacuation) and transfer to various POW camps.
Birthday postcard to Richard from Todd Hawkins
Colour drawing of Pinocchio and birthday greetings.
Caricatures of fellow prisoners
Title 'Place red on red and clamp'.
Head portraits of 29 men as well as other figures. Most have individual speech bubble quotes.
Head portraits of 29 men as well as other figures. Most have individual speech bubble quotes.
Dragon and newspaper cutting
Multi-coloured stylized dragon on a blue background. Newspaper cutting about Wembley football team's tour of Brittany and other matches.
Air gunner and Auxiliary Territorial Service woman
On the left a uniformed sergeant airman with gas mask case simulating firing guns. On the right sitting on the same log a woman in khaki uniform looking away bored. Captioned 'I gave him one burst .... of course .. no need for another and......'
Airman and woman
An airman wearing tunic with observers brevet, and side cap walking with his arm around a woman wearing Jodhpurs holding a riding crop. Captioned '..not a cloud in the sky - but we went in anyway...'
The 'woman in jodhpurs' is meant to be in the…
The 'woman in jodhpurs' is meant to be in the…
Don't look now but I think we're being followed
View of cockpit of bi-plane with pilot looking apprehensive and gunner pointing backward. The silhouettes of six enemy aircraft are behind them.
Caricatures of German leaders and other
Titled 'AH WELL! DEPARTMENT'.
Top left, caricature top left of Hermann Göring;
Top right A POW 'lineshooter' captioned 'Of course I’m getting … all out of this myself';
Bottom right Adolf Hitler captioned 'This is my last territorial claim in…
Top left, caricature top left of Hermann Göring;
Top right A POW 'lineshooter' captioned 'Of course I’m getting … all out of this myself';
Bottom right Adolf Hitler captioned 'This is my last territorial claim in…
Folder
Folder with drawings. Label text 'The drawings of 'Todd' W/O GCG Hawkins RAF, drawn whilst a prisoner of war in Germany during World War 2 1939-1945. Brought back from Germany by his friends to his wife Jessie, who handed them for safe keeping, to…
Red Cross parcel label
Label made out to Sgt/Observer Gordon C G Hawkins, British P.O.W. 131, Stalag Luft VI Germany.
Who won?
Two players coming off a football pitch (see goalposts in background). The words ‘Who won’, shown on the upper right, are meant for the speech balloon of the figure on the extreme left.
Below are the draft titles for other cartoons: ‘2 Women -…
Below are the draft titles for other cartoons: ‘2 Women -…