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John Wyndham Parker
British Army
from:Pontypridd, South Wales
My grandfather John Parker rarely talked about his experiences during POW camps in WW2 though I know that he was captured when fighting in North Africa and travelled in a ship for days where he was squashed in with many prisoners in horrendous conditions. He was taken to a camp in Italy but escaped. He was then caught and was sent to Stalag 4b POW camp. He was given a translation book which includes a phrase: "Please may I leave the camp?!" which as children (lacking understanding) we found funny. He said that the Italians were really dirty in comparison to the Germans. He said he survived the camps because he did not share his spoon with others. I believe he was in the camps for about 5 years in total. He died in 1991 when he was 80. We are so proud of him.

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