Spr. Reginald Frank Latreille
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Fulham, London
My dear Dad Reginald Latreille used to tell so many stories about being in the prison camp, which he said was the best days because of the comrades. He use to put shows on for the men and make the actors up, including making the actors to look disfigured. He was sent a box of make-up from Max Factor and at the end of the war carried the box until he had to abandon it. Dad was very proud of making his mates up to look like woman and giving them a peg leg, he would talk about the long hours in the salt mines but would say the friendship he had in the camp was second to none. I have put on the sight some of the programmes produced by my Dad’s friend John Foy and the comrades that played some of the characters.
My Dad met up with John in 1995 in Florida and it was a lovely reunion, Dad would often say he would like to meet up again with others and to return to Germany, sadly he died before I could take him back to Germany and Belgium where he spent a year in hospital. He has many programmes and letters thanking him for the shows he helped to put on that made the time in Stalag 9c hopefully pass and shine a little light on the situation the men found themselves in.
For anyone who knew my Dad or anyone whose relatives heard the stories of him, I would love to hear from you.
