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Prigione di Guerra (Campo) P.G. 73 Prisoner of War Camp
PG 73 was situated at Carpi, in Italy.
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Want to know more about Prigione di Guerra (Campo) P.G. 73 Prisoner of War Camp? There are:0 items tagged Prigione di Guerra (Campo) P.G. 73 Prisoner of War Camp available in our Library
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WM Smith Royal Armoured Corps WM Smith served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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JI Shaw 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment JI Shaw served with the 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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D Ronaldson Royal Scots Greys D Ronaldson served with the Royal Scots Greys British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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GM Bodey 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars GM Bodey served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Francis Joseph "Paddy" McLoughlin Royal Artillery My late grandfather, Francis Joseph "Paddy" McLoughlin, was a lance bombardier in the Royal Artillery, escaped at Dunkerque, was then later captured in North Africa and subsequently held at Campo 73 in Carpi, Italy and then Stalag 4DZ near Annaburg.
I'm trying to get info on either camp (memories, photos, anything) and, unlikely I know, hear from anyone who knew my Grandad.
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Private Louis Reginald Watson 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment My late father, Private Louis Reginald Watson of the 2nd battalion Cheshire Regiment, was involved in the withdrawal from Gazala to Egypt via Tobruk where he was captured and shipped to POW Camp PG 73 in Capri Northern Italy. I have a photo taken at the camp on the 28th Oct. 1943 which he sent to my mother. As a member of an outside working party repairing the road surface, he hid inside a culvert and escaped about the time of the Italian capitulation and stayed on the run until the advancing British forces reached him.
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Pte. George Henry "Kip" Crowther 4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment My dad, George Crowther was captured in the Western Desert in August 1942. He spent the rest of the war as a POW in two camps, one of which was Camp No. 73, Fossoli of Carpi near Modena. The other camp was Stalag 317, Markt Pongau, Austria. We don’t know which camp he was in first or how long he was in each camp.
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Cpl. William Anthony Green 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment William Green was captured and held in Camp PG73 in Fossoli, Italy. POW number 247944.
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Gnr. Douglas Edward Hill Durban Light Infantry I have been putting a timeline together of my Dad's wartime experience.
After being wounded in either Bi'r Royale or Tobruk, Libya, Douglas Hill was captured. It appears he spent approximately two months in hospital in Tripoli. He was transported by the Italian hospital ship, Virgilio, and was in Caserta Hospital in Naples, Italy. Some weeks later, he was admitted to Castel St. Pietro Hospital in Bologna, Italy. It appears he then spent a number of months at Campo PG 73 before being transferred to Stalag XVIIIC near Salzburg before being held at Stalag XVIIIA in Graz, Austria.
In April 1945, almost 3 years after his capture, my Dad escaped. Two months later, he was reunited with his unit.
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Gnr. Daniel Woodward Royal Artillery My late father,Daniel Woodward, was a prisoner in Italy in Campo 73.
He married my Mum in March 1941 on a 48 hour pass, then was shipped abroad. My Mum never saw him again for 4 years.
He was a Gunner in the 8th Army and was captured in Africa on 1st June 1942 when he and his comrades ran out of ammunition and had to blow up their guns with their last round. He was shipped over to Italy and spent time in campo 66 before being transferred to campo 73. He escaped from the camp while part of a road repair gang and he lived in the hills until the Allies invaded Italy.
He returned to England May 1945
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Pte. Norman Foster Durham Light Infantry Norman Foster fought in the Western Desert and was reported as missing on 7th September 1942. Reported as Prisoner of War 10th October 1942. On 24th February 1943 he was reported as wounded (shot in the back) and Prisoner of War. He was detained as a Prisoner of War in POW Camp No 73 Fossoli of Carpi near Modena, Italy. He was repatriated on 28th June 1943. This was the last known record of his service and he lived on until 1981.
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L/Cpl. Harry Taylor Cooper Paxton 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry My father, Lance Corporal Harry Paxton from Spennymoor, County Durham, was reported missing in action in the Western Desert just a few months after marrying my mother in January 1942. He was subsequently reported in 1943 as injured in action and detained in POW Camp 73, near Modena in Italy. When Italy surrendered, Harry and a great number of the prisoners decided to stay and wait for the Allies (according to the Italian guards). Unfortunately it was the Germans who arrived! The prisoners were marched to Stalag 357 in Torun, Poland. In August 1944 with the Russians advancing through Poland, the camp was moved to Oerbke, north of Hanover, Germany, where Harry stayed for the rest of the war. He died of a heart attack in 1968 at the cruelly young age of 47.
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John McPhee Highland Light Infantry My father, John McPhee, was with the Highland Light Infantry and a POW from 1942 in PG73 Italia and then Stalag X1A in 1943 and 44 until 1945. His POW number in Germany was 138892. I would like to know where to find information about life in the camp and be in touch with anyone who knew him and possibly from the same regiment in the camp in Italy. I would be grateful for any information.
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Cpl. Thomas Tyler My father was Cpl. Thomas Tyler RAF captured 25th of June 1942 in North Africa. He was transported to Italy and spent some time at Carpi camp until he was taken to Stalag IVB. I have his diary which he kept at Carpi but unfortunately his diary of his time at Stalag IVB has been lost.
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Kenneth Percival Waterhouse This is an excerpt from my late father-in-laws wartime diary, which we discovered after he passed away.
Kenneth Percival Waterhouse, South African motor-mechanic, volunteered in 1940, went up to North Africa.
- Captured by the Italians 15th June 1941 in rear guard from Gazala
- Arrived Tripoli camp 27th June 1941
- Left Tripoli 13th Nov 1941
- Arrived Palermo 9 days later
- Quarantined in Palermo camp for 15 days
- Arrived in Chiavarri camp 11th December 1941
- Left Chiavari Campo 52 8th July
- Arrived Campo 73, Modena 9th July 1943
- Left Campo 73 21st July 1943
- Arrived Stalag IVb, Riega 23th July 1943
- Left Stalag VIb 9th August 1943.
- Arrived Stalag VIIIb, Lamsdorf 10th
- Got news 23rd January 1945 Tripoli had been evacuated by the Axis forces
Liberated by the Russians, treated as badly as the Nazis until handed over to the Yanks
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WM Smith Royal Armoured Corps WM Smith served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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JI Shaw 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment JI Shaw served with the 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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D Ronaldson Royal Scots Greys D Ronaldson served with the Royal Scots Greys British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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GM Bodey 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars GM Bodey served with the 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Francis Joseph "Paddy" McLoughlin Royal Artillery My late grandfather, Francis Joseph "Paddy" McLoughlin, was a lance bombardier in the Royal Artillery, escaped at Dunkerque, was then later captured in North Africa and subsequently held at Campo 73 in Carpi, Italy and then Stalag 4DZ near Annaburg.
I'm trying to get info on either camp (memories, photos, anything) and, unlikely I know, hear from anyone who knew my Grandad.
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Private Louis Reginald Watson 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment My late father, Private Louis Reginald Watson of the 2nd battalion Cheshire Regiment, was involved in the withdrawal from Gazala to Egypt via Tobruk where he was captured and shipped to POW Camp PG 73 in Capri Northern Italy. I have a photo taken at the camp on the 28th Oct. 1943 which he sent to my mother. As a member of an outside working party repairing the road surface, he hid inside a culvert and escaped about the time of the Italian capitulation and stayed on the run until the advancing British forces reached him.
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Pte. George Henry "Kip" Crowther 4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment My dad, George Crowther was captured in the Western Desert in August 1942. He spent the rest of the war as a POW in two camps, one of which was Camp No. 73, Fossoli of Carpi near Modena. The other camp was Stalag 317, Markt Pongau, Austria. We don’t know which camp he was in first or how long he was in each camp.
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Cpl. William Anthony Green 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment William Green was captured and held in Camp PG73 in Fossoli, Italy. POW number 247944.
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Gnr. Douglas Edward Hill Durban Light Infantry I have been putting a timeline together of my Dad's wartime experience.
After being wounded in either Bi'r Royale or Tobruk, Libya, Douglas Hill was captured. It appears he spent approximately two months in hospital in Tripoli. He was transported by the Italian hospital ship, Virgilio, and was in Caserta Hospital in Naples, Italy. Some weeks later, he was admitted to Castel St. Pietro Hospital in Bologna, Italy. It appears he then spent a number of months at Campo PG 73 before being transferred to Stalag XVIIIC near Salzburg before being held at Stalag XVIIIA in Graz, Austria.
In April 1945, almost 3 years after his capture, my Dad escaped. Two months later, he was reunited with his unit.
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Gnr. Daniel Woodward Royal Artillery My late father,Daniel Woodward, was a prisoner in Italy in Campo 73.
He married my Mum in March 1941 on a 48 hour pass, then was shipped abroad. My Mum never saw him again for 4 years.
He was a Gunner in the 8th Army and was captured in Africa on 1st June 1942 when he and his comrades ran out of ammunition and had to blow up their guns with their last round. He was shipped over to Italy and spent time in campo 66 before being transferred to campo 73. He escaped from the camp while part of a road repair gang and he lived in the hills until the Allies invaded Italy.
He returned to England May 1945
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Pte. Norman Foster Durham Light Infantry Norman Foster fought in the Western Desert and was reported as missing on 7th September 1942. Reported as Prisoner of War 10th October 1942. On 24th February 1943 he was reported as wounded (shot in the back) and Prisoner of War. He was detained as a Prisoner of War in POW Camp No 73 Fossoli of Carpi near Modena, Italy. He was repatriated on 28th June 1943. This was the last known record of his service and he lived on until 1981.
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L/Cpl. Harry Taylor Cooper Paxton 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry My father, Lance Corporal Harry Paxton from Spennymoor, County Durham, was reported missing in action in the Western Desert just a few months after marrying my mother in January 1942. He was subsequently reported in 1943 as injured in action and detained in POW Camp 73, near Modena in Italy. When Italy surrendered, Harry and a great number of the prisoners decided to stay and wait for the Allies (according to the Italian guards). Unfortunately it was the Germans who arrived! The prisoners were marched to Stalag 357 in Torun, Poland. In August 1944 with the Russians advancing through Poland, the camp was moved to Oerbke, north of Hanover, Germany, where Harry stayed for the rest of the war. He died of a heart attack in 1968 at the cruelly young age of 47.
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John McPhee Highland Light Infantry My father, John McPhee, was with the Highland Light Infantry and a POW from 1942 in PG73 Italia and then Stalag X1A in 1943 and 44 until 1945. His POW number in Germany was 138892. I would like to know where to find information about life in the camp and be in touch with anyone who knew him and possibly from the same regiment in the camp in Italy. I would be grateful for any information.
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Cpl. Thomas Tyler My father was Cpl. Thomas Tyler RAF captured 25th of June 1942 in North Africa. He was transported to Italy and spent some time at Carpi camp until he was taken to Stalag IVB. I have his diary which he kept at Carpi but unfortunately his diary of his time at Stalag IVB has been lost.
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Kenneth Percival Waterhouse This is an excerpt from my late father-in-laws wartime diary, which we discovered after he passed away.
Kenneth Percival Waterhouse, South African motor-mechanic, volunteered in 1940, went up to North Africa.
- Captured by the Italians 15th June 1941 in rear guard from Gazala
- Arrived Tripoli camp 27th June 1941
- Left Tripoli 13th Nov 1941
- Arrived Palermo 9 days later
- Quarantined in Palermo camp for 15 days
- Arrived in Chiavarri camp 11th December 1941
- Left Chiavari Campo 52 8th July
- Arrived Campo 73, Modena 9th July 1943
- Left Campo 73 21st July 1943
- Arrived Stalag IVb, Riega 23th July 1943
- Left Stalag VIb 9th August 1943.
- Arrived Stalag VIIIb, Lamsdorf 10th
- Got news 23rd January 1945 Tripoli had been evacuated by the Axis forces
Liberated by the Russians, treated as badly as the Nazis until handed over to the Yanks
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