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264065 Spr. John Statham British Army 505th Field Coy. Royal Engineers from:Newcastle upon Tyne Jack Statham, my Grandfather, was in the Western Desert with 505th Field Company, Royal Engineers and was reported missing on 29th of June 1942. He was recorded as a Prisoner of War in Italy at PG70 Monturano (Parma). On 11th of January 1944 he was listed as in a Neutral County (which we know to be Switzerland as he escaped there, at great hardship) and was recorded as back in the UK on 23rd of October 1944. In typical fashion for his generation of men, he never breathed a word about any of this. It came to light when a Swiss family who cared for him traced him through the Red Cross to ask after him, which came as a bit of a surprise to his family! Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.