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STOP PRESS 13 AUGUST 2014
THE FOLLOWIING COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED TODAY FROM THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION IN REPLY TO A REQUEST REGARDING THE BODIES FOUND AT THE BRIDGE BY 160 BRIDGING COMPANY AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH TEAM. ALL THESE CASUALTIES ARE BURIED IN BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY:
One of the bodies is certainly in 2.H.13. – this casualty was recovered from 401655 in February 1946 and appears to be a very good match with the body described in the enquirer’s last paragraph.
The following additional bodies were found nearby:-
Map Ref. 401656 in June 1945 and is now buried in 4.A.21.
Map Ref. 400654 in June 1945 and is now buried in 4.A.22.
6 bodies were recovered from the site of Paglia Viaduct (Map Ref. 402654) in October 1944 are were reburied in graves 4.A.15 to 20.
A further 3 bodies appear to be connected with this incident as they are recorded as being ‘POW casualties removed from the river after train blew up’ who were buried it appears soon after the incident in Orvieto Public Cemetery. They are now buried in 1.B.5., 1.E.4. and 1.H.22.
THE FOLLOWIING COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED TODAY FROM THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION IN REPLY TO A REQUEST REGARDING THE BODIES FOUND AT THE BRIDGE BY 160 BRIDGING COMPANY AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH TEAM. ALL THESE CASUALTIES ARE BURIED IN BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY:
One of the bodies is certainly in 2.H.13. – this casualty was recovered from 401655 in February 1946 and appears to be a very good match with the body described in the enquirer’s last paragraph.
The following additional bodies were found nearby:-
Map Ref. 401656 in June 1945 and is now buried in 4.A.21.
Map Ref. 400654 in June 1945 and is now buried in 4.A.22.
6 bodies were recovered from the site of Paglia Viaduct (Map Ref. 402654) in October 1944 are were reburied in graves 4.A.15 to 20.
A further 3 bodies appear to be connected with this incident as they are recorded as being ‘POW casualties removed from the river after train blew up’ who were buried it appears soon after the incident in Orvieto Public Cemetery. They are now buried in 1.B.5., 1.E.4. and 1.H.22.
The Men
How many men were on the train?
The estimates given by the survivors as to the number of men on the train vary considerably. Four of the men interviewed by the British commission set up to investigate the bombing, the results of which are contained in WO163/668, National Archives, London, were 10601299 Trooper G. A. Gibson, 3253567 Rifleman J. L. Leeson, 2932159 Signalman E. S. Sutherland and 6472466 Fusilier J. Willis.
10601299 Trooper Gibson said he thought there were 1200 men on the train, the entire contingent being held at Camp 54, Fara in Sabina. Rifleman J. L. Leeson made reference to 1000 men whilst Signalman E. S. Sutherland believed there to have been between 800-900. Fusilier Willis estimated there to have been 500 British, between 200-300 Americans, 20 New Zealanders and 220 South Africans of whom 200 were black and 20 white. The fact remains that of these men only 105 would appear to have been remembered in cemeteries or on memorials, it having been possible to identify and name them. The men known to have been on the train but whose bodies have never been found are remembered at Cassino or El Alamein, on the memorial nearest to where they are last known to have been in combat.
An unidentified serviceman who died on 28 January 1944 is buried in Bolsena War Cemetery. Two Americans who died in hospital and whom it was not possible to identify may be amongst the unknown soldiers buried at Nettuno, and there is a further named casualty, Lile (Lyle) Ronald, who does not appear in any cemetery or on any memorial under either of those names as his surname but who is most probably interred in Italy. (This is how his name appears on the record of the deceased, Orvieto Civil Hospital. These two names could however be his first names. The same error was made in the register with regard to an American Airman shot down in a bombing raid over Orvieto South Bridge on the same day)
176 American, British or Commonwealth servicemen are known to have been recaptured or taken from the two hospitals at Acquapendente and Orvieto and sent to prisoner of war camps in German-controlled territories. A further man was admitted to hospital in Orvieto and later sent to the civil hospital in Mantua along with other prisoners who were not fit to travel beyond the Italian frontier, five of whom died and are buried in Padua War Cemetery and have been included above. Two of the wounded are known to have died as prisoners of war, one in France and one, who was Jewish, in Austria. Eight South Africans were admitted to hospital in Orvieto but do not appear on the lists of men sent to POW camps in Germany or German-occupied territories, neither do they appear in the cemeteries or on the War Memorials, and a further seven men of other nationalities who were admitted to hospital cannot be accounted for. Six injured men were repatriated in the autumn of 1944 after the Allies had liberated Central Italy. Thirty-five named men and two unnamed New Zealanders appear to have reached Allied lines. Fourteen known escapees were recaptured, though four of them escaped again. Eight American escapers were shot by the Germans at Montebuono Sabina on 13 April 1944.
The estimates given by the survivors as to the number of men on the train vary considerably. Four of the men interviewed by the British commission set up to investigate the bombing, the results of which are contained in WO163/668, National Archives, London, were 10601299 Trooper G. A. Gibson, 3253567 Rifleman J. L. Leeson, 2932159 Signalman E. S. Sutherland and 6472466 Fusilier J. Willis.
10601299 Trooper Gibson said he thought there were 1200 men on the train, the entire contingent being held at Camp 54, Fara in Sabina. Rifleman J. L. Leeson made reference to 1000 men whilst Signalman E. S. Sutherland believed there to have been between 800-900. Fusilier Willis estimated there to have been 500 British, between 200-300 Americans, 20 New Zealanders and 220 South Africans of whom 200 were black and 20 white. The fact remains that of these men only 105 would appear to have been remembered in cemeteries or on memorials, it having been possible to identify and name them. The men known to have been on the train but whose bodies have never been found are remembered at Cassino or El Alamein, on the memorial nearest to where they are last known to have been in combat.
An unidentified serviceman who died on 28 January 1944 is buried in Bolsena War Cemetery. Two Americans who died in hospital and whom it was not possible to identify may be amongst the unknown soldiers buried at Nettuno, and there is a further named casualty, Lile (Lyle) Ronald, who does not appear in any cemetery or on any memorial under either of those names as his surname but who is most probably interred in Italy. (This is how his name appears on the record of the deceased, Orvieto Civil Hospital. These two names could however be his first names. The same error was made in the register with regard to an American Airman shot down in a bombing raid over Orvieto South Bridge on the same day)
176 American, British or Commonwealth servicemen are known to have been recaptured or taken from the two hospitals at Acquapendente and Orvieto and sent to prisoner of war camps in German-controlled territories. A further man was admitted to hospital in Orvieto and later sent to the civil hospital in Mantua along with other prisoners who were not fit to travel beyond the Italian frontier, five of whom died and are buried in Padua War Cemetery and have been included above. Two of the wounded are known to have died as prisoners of war, one in France and one, who was Jewish, in Austria. Eight South Africans were admitted to hospital in Orvieto but do not appear on the lists of men sent to POW camps in Germany or German-occupied territories, neither do they appear in the cemeteries or on the War Memorials, and a further seven men of other nationalities who were admitted to hospital cannot be accounted for. Six injured men were repatriated in the autumn of 1944 after the Allies had liberated Central Italy. Thirty-five named men and two unnamed New Zealanders appear to have reached Allied lines. Fourteen known escapees were recaptured, though four of them escaped again. Eight American escapers were shot by the Germans at Montebuono Sabina on 13 April 1944.
It is believed that all the men in the following list had spent some time in Camp PG 54, even if only one or two nights - and most of the soldiers captured in Italy had passed through the transit camp at Frosinone. The men from the 'Saracen' had previously been in Camp no.1 Marina at Manziana, Lake Bracciano whereas many of the Native South Africans had been held in P.G. 122, Cinecittà, Rome before beimg transferred to PG 54.
DIED IN HOSPITAL AND BURIED IN BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Asser Reginald William 14306193 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured 21/01/44 Garigliano
Barry Albert Ernest 2660262 Gdsmn 3 Coldstream Guards Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Beardsley Laurence Ernest 4946261 Pte 1 Sherwood Foresters (201 Guards Brigade Captured June 1942 Tobruk
Broughton Robert Harold 266440 Gdsmn 3 Coldstream Guards Captured 30/12/43
Chadwick William Henry 4209041 Fus 9 Royal Fusiliers Captured 21/01/44 Garigliano
Draper Hubert Frank 5568468 Cpl 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Harston Francis Horace 47441156 Pte 6 York and Lancaster Regiment Captured 22/01/44 Garigliano
Maybery Thomas Bargrave Aveline 1713 Pte Umvoti Mounted Rifles (Railhead Force) Captured June 1942 Tobruk
Mogotsi Wilfred 23701 Pte S. Africa Native Military Corps (SA Reserve Mechanical Transport) Captured June 1942 Tobruk
Patrick Albert John 14312963 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Pyott James 2821672 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Rakoma William N 6813 Pte S. Africa Native Military Corps Captured June 1942 Tobruk
Witbooi Gilbert C/275114 Pte Cape Corps S. African forces attached to Q Service Corps Captured June 1942 Tobruk
Wyrley-Birch Humphrey 9376 L/ Cpl Die Middellandse Regiment (Railhead Force) Captured June 1942 Tobruk
DIED IN HOSPITAL IN ORVIETO NATIONALITY UNKNOWN BUT POSSIBLY AMERICAN
Surname Lile (Lyle) Ronald
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN ORVIETO, SENT TO CIVIL HOSPITAL IN MANTUA AND BURIED IN PADUA WAR CEMETERY
Crofts Robert 4975608 Pte 1 Sherwood Foresters (201 Guards Brigade) Captured Tobruk Died 23/02/44
Marasi Robert 5627315 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Died 11/08/44
Mellows Albert 1587339 L/Bdr 277 Battery 68 H.A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery Captured Tobruk Died 30/03/44
Moore Denis T/194814 Dvr RASC Died 15/02/44
Wickham Alfred 14384275 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano Died 20/02/44
TWELVE UNKNOWN SERVICEMEN BURIED IN BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY, recovered from area near bridge or Orvieto Civil Cemetery
SENT TO UNKNOWN CAMP IN AUSTRIA, DIED WHILST POW, BURIED KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY
Berkovitch Louis 6916299 Rfn 9 Rifle Brigade
Captured Garigliano Died 22/02/45 (he was Jewish)
KILLED IN AIR RAID ON CAMP 194 CHALONS -SUR-MARNE, FRANCE
Moakamedi Paul N/6832 Pte Native Military Corps 14/09/1944 Buried in Commonwealth War Cemetery Choloy Meurthe-et-Moselle
COMMEMORATED ON CASSINO WAR MEMORIAL
All are listed as KIA on 28/01/1944 in WO 361/668
Anderson Robert G 2822711 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Bott Frederick A 4860513 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Caddle Neil McL 2824457 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Chell Henry G 3966584 Fus 9 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Captured 19/01/44 Garigliano
Clarke Joseph H 14402315 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Cottom Frederick C 14401298 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Couzens Sidney E 792981 Cpl 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano
Davies William H 14562796 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured 22/01/44 Garigliano
Dawson Ernest Benjamin 4978500 Pte 1 York and Lancaster Regiment Captured 22/01/44 Garigliano
Dowse William 4808182 Cpl 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano
Flockton William J L 4861396 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Green George W 4859998 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Grogan Thomas V 2614515 Sgt 6 Grenadier Guards Captured Unknown location possibly Salerno
Healey Ronald R 14002867 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Hepburn George 14403951 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Manuel Percy J 14517209 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured 22/01/44 Garigliano
McCabe James 3128763 L/Cpl 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano
Mason James Douglas 1421925 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Martin Frederick W 6351452 Cpl 2 Parachute Regiment, A.A.G.
McLean Ian 2820578 Sgt 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
McGill John 5115643 Fus 9 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Captured 19/01/44 Garigliano
McLuckie Adam C 2825163 Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Power Thomas 6980223 L/Cpl 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Reedman William H 4860593 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Roberts Benjamin 4197747 Fus 9 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Captured 16/01/44
Robertson Thomas S 14563438 Pte Gordon Highlanders (1 The London Scottish) Captured 11/01/44 near Minturno
Saunders George C 2765075 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Strange Henry 2827084 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Stringer William 6982808 L/Cpl 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Thomson George C 3126252 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano
Thomson John R 2822586 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Turner Douglas A4860863 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Ward Leslie B 4868505 Pte 2/5 Leicestershire Regiment Captured 11/01/44
Wolstenholme John R 4458869 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Wright John 3317999 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano
COMMEMORATED ON ALAMEIN WAR MEMORIAL
(British troops listed as KIA in WO 361/668. All South African Troops listed as killed in train bombing by authorities in Pretoria)
Anderson William 151306 S/Sgt 21 Field Bakery Royal Army Service Corps Captured Tobruk
Arthur Ronnie 886779 Gnr 17 Coast Regiment Royal Artillery Captured Tobruk
Baloyi M N/1752 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Burgess William Arthur 3327329 Pte 2 Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) Captured North Africa
Charlie Piet N/21541 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Choatsane Mafuta N/21427 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Davies Haydn E 1594759 Sgt H.Q. 68 H.A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery Captured Tobruk
De Vaal William N/13747 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Dikele Tom N/25815 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Forrest John William 2593065 Sgmn 4 A.A. Bde Royal Corps of Signals Captured Tobruk
Fowler Wallace Stanley 114473 Gnr South African Artillery 1 Field Regiment Captured Tobruk
Gardner Vere 242989 Pte Natal Mounted Rifles Captured Tobruk
Hall James P 2362570 Sgmn 2 Armoured Division Signals Royal Corps of Signals Captured Desert Campaign
Hlangati Ben N/10848 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Hollingsworth F Neville 1481903 Sgt 107 Battery 27 Lt. A.A. Regiment. Royal Artillery Captured Tobruk
Jansen C/305408 Pte Cape Corps Captured Desert campaign
Jones Edward C 7925028 Tpr 42 Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Kekana Joseph S N/8922 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Kgoadibana Jim P N/9285 L/Cpl Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Kgomo Elias N/12589 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Kumalo Aaron N/4995 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Lynn Francis 4460630 Pte 9 Durham Light Infantry Captured Mersa Metruh
Madume John N/26756 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Malaka Nchabe J N/876 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Malefani Bapani E N/24347 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Malemulle Wilson N/2191 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mapanganye Godfrey Mogosho N/3267 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Martens Jakobus J F 1703 S/Sgt Umvoti Mounted Rifles Captured Desert campaign
Matau Jan N/7499 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Matiani Samuel N/7125 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mbulaheni Jim N/2274 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mobungu Joel N/7098 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mochumi John N/9414 L/Cpl Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mogoatjane Dihlokoe J N/3261 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mokoobi Charlie N/12931 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Molepo John N/7364 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Morote Mooogodu K N/8253 L/Cpl Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Motono Jan N/7497 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Muir Reginald R9273 Sgt Die Middellandse Regiment Captured Desert Campaign
Ndwamato Andries N/6356 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Ngcobo Velapi E N/6021 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Nyalenda Isaac N/13554 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Petlela Pieter N/6067 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Poskitt Harry 2360547 Dvr 105 Special Wireless Section Royal Corps of Signals Captured Desert Campaign
Ramatsui Midikana A N/2049 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Segaole Alpheus N/10872 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Selpei Abraham N/18795 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Stephen Frank 84951 Cpl Rand Light Infantry Captured Desert Campaign
Stockton Harold 860908 Gnr 4 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Captured Desert Campaign
Strydom Jacobus J S 1542 Warrant Officer Class II Umvoti Mounted Rifles Captured Desert Campaign
Van der Merwe Berant J C/304767 Pte Cape Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Woolley Bert 830361 Tpr 7 Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps Captured Desert Campaign
COMMEMORATED ON CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
Barber Thomas H C/KX 85490 Leading Stoker (Ty) Submarine Saracen
Captured off the coast of Bastia Corsica 14/08/43
PRISONERS OF WAR SENT ON TO OTHER CAMPS IN GERMANY OR IN GERMAN-CONTROLLED TERRITORIES, either from hospital or after having been recaptured
Stalag IB Hohenstein Poland
McStay James 3253374 Rfn 2 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Captured Garigliano Injuries not specified
Lawrence Herbert 4070519 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Injuries not specified
Stalag IIB Hammerstein /Schlochau Poland
Fleenor Ezra H 34497714 Pvt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 06/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured
Hall Otho L 19013213 Sgt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured
Hanselman George 31116462 Pfc 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Kirchner John H 32877740 Pvt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Kroll Allen F 36819105 Pvt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured
Kurzhal Russel E 37548471 Pvt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured
Lollis Andrew M Jr. 34651209 Pvt 168 Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Modzel James P 33758968 Pvt 168 Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Rancourt Camille 31116462 Pfc 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army 05/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Shepherd Emit 35651545 Pvt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 07/01/44 near Cassino
Trotter Carlton F 34766500 Pfc Pvt 168 Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Guidone Albert 32882917 Pvt US Army Captured 05/01/44 Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Kirouac Raymond J 31321973 Pvt US Army Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Metzler Harold 32909553 Pfc US Army
Captured 08/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Padgett Roscoe 35254174 Pvt US Army
Captured 06/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Selm William 15059908 Pvt US Army
Captured 06/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Thurston Robert 36363559 Pvt US Army
Captured 07/01/44 Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
White Harold G 31301173 Pvt US Army
Captured 05/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Stalag IIIB Fürstenberg/Germany
Argraves Keith L 39302734 Cpl 2 Bn 509 Parachute Regiment US Army Captured 27 December 1942 El Djem Tunisia Uninjured
Stalag IVA Hohenstein-Elsterhorst near Dresden Germany
Hughes Patrick 6979891 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano Slight wounds to left hand & right foot
Gibson Joseph 251936 , 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Wounds and abrasions to the face
Minghella Joseph 5735434 Pte 1 York & Lancaster Regiment Captured 22/01/44 Garigliano Scalp wound
Harrison William E 31280122 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Head wounds
Bain Donald 14530203 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Injuries not specified
Gillespie Samuel K 2932490 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Uninjured
Blair Preston (Archibald) 2976298S Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno On hospital admissions list but not on wounded list
Lawrence Herbert 4070519 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Injuries not specified
Cairns Thomas 10602685 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Captured 10 /12/44 Garigliano Uninjured
Palmer Robert N/10349 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Stalag IVB Mühlberg/Elbe Brandenburg Germany
Lowell John 2885629 Rfn 2 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano Multiple bruising
Gibbon Robert 6984268 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Bruising
Scott Ormond 7043799 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Bruising to chest
Simmonds Jack 5571459 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Head wound
Davies Donald 3313976 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano Multiple slight wounds
Palmer James 5389912 Pte 1 or 9 Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Captured Salerno or Garigliano Head wound & bruising right hip
Connell William 2889514 L/Cpl Gordon Highlanders (1 The London Scottish) Captured 11/01/44 near Minturno Uninjured
Beattie James Cpl 2824952, 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Hunt E 14407522 Pte 7 Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Captured Salerno or Garigliano Injuries not specified
Ditchburn Ernest 2332959 Dvr Royal Signals 56 Division Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano Bruising left leg
Beard B A 6472466 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured 10 /12/44 Garigliano Uninjured
Harrison Henry 2657745 Gdsmn 3 Coldstream Guards Captured North Africa Laceration left flank
Burgess Frank 2661229 Gdsmn 3 Coldstream Guards Captured Garigliano ? Bruising
Whitworth Joseph W 6969691 Rfn Rifle Brigade Captured Tobruk Uninjured
Hatton Douglas E 10537344 Pte Royal Army Ordnance Corps Head wound bruised left shoulder
Clark Ernest 4391326 Pte 5 Green Howards Captured Gazala
Stewart Alfred J 5106717 Dvr Royal Army Service Corps Uninjured
Champkins James A 129332 Sgt Royal Army Service Corps Uninjured
Gillman Alfred H 7263650 Gnr Royal Artillery Captured 06/06/42 Tobruk
Roos Nicolas S 35057 S/Sgt Captured Desert campaign, returned to S.Africa via UK Received MID Slight multiple wounds to upper limbs
Thomas Johann SAP 196067 Pte South African Police Brigade Captured Desert Campaign Bruising right foot
Stalag IVC Wistritz Czech Republic
Jones E Harry 48092146 Pte Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Broken ? (indecifrable) with bruising
Stalag IVD Torgau Germany
Conlin John 14554235 Pte Gordon Highlanders (1 The London Scottish) Captured 11/01/44 near Minturno Multiple bruising
Gilmour Alec 14350297 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders 18/01/44 Captured Minturno Multiple bruising and abrasions
Stalag IVF Hartmannsdorf Germany
Daniels Fred 6983002 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Not admitted to hospital but buried up to the neck in rubble
Hambleton Frank 4978571 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Bruised hip
Syme James St. J 14400218 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Bruising left foot
Stein Adam 10602810 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Injuries not specified
Drake Frank F 31262878 Pvt 133 Regiment 34 Infantry Division US Army Injuries not specified
Beardwell Walter 1766171 Gnr 282/8 HAA Captured Cyrenaica Abdominal bruising small head wound
Burton Walter 1429719 Gnr Royal Artillery Captured Cyrenaica Bruising to chest
Messenger Edward T Pte 5338932 Royal Berkshire Regiment
Stalag VC Offenberg Germany
Mantlakazi Joe N/28542 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Slight wound to left leg Previous camp 122
Ramokoni Buffel N/20885 Cpl 5 Field Coy 2 South African Division Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign 23/11/41 Wounding of right arm and hand Previous camp 122
Stalag VIIA Moosburg Germany
Gallery Edward 3455819 Pte 16 Durham Light Infantry Captured Salerno? Uninjured
Woodhall Albert 2661853 Gdsmn 3 Coldstream Guards Captured Cassino? Uninjured
Mann William J 6968777 Rfn Rifle Brigade Captured Tobruk Uninjured
Handy Arthur D T 10600221 Cpl 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Uninjured
Wells Ernest E 7907089 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Uninjured
Murphy John 14518570 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Uninjured
Townsend Victor 829552 Sgt Royal Artillery Uninjured
Bull Reginald J 6472515 Sgt Royal Armoured Corps Uninjured
Haughey Douglas 5631238 Rfn Cameronians Captured 16/01/44 Tofa
Wright J 2827404 Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Tickle Percival 4339717 CQMS 1 York & Lancaster Regiment (POW list says East Yorks) Captured Garigliano Slight wounding of left flank
Boylan William F 32304162 Pvt 18 Infantry Regiment 1 Division US Army Captured 23/12/1942 North Africa
Tennant Graham B 53522 Gnr 2 Field Regiment Natal Field Artillery SA Captured 16 June 1942 Regal Ridge North Africa
Oflag VIIB Eichstätt Germany
Lambert A F 6983039 L/Cpl 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Injured according to WO 361/668 but not on hospital admissions or wounded list
Stalag VIIIA Görlitz Poland
Mitchell John SAP 195651 South African Police Brigade Captured Desert campaign Injuries (if any) not specified
Stalag IXA Ziegenhain Germany
Mtembu William N/12620 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Wound to right eyebrow and displaced collarbone Previous camp 122
Williams Daniel N/23745 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Bruising Previous camp 122
Stalag IXC Bad Sulza Germany
Hederington Clarence 3135933 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano Bruising left leg
McCulloch Eric 14530345 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Multiple bruising
Ketteringham Philip 1155932 Gnr Royal Artillery Wounds to left hand
Stalag XIA Altengrabow Germany
Cheesman George 5574533 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Clifford Cecil 5395305, 1 Green Howards Captured Garigliano Head wound
Vickers G F 4987207 Pte 1 or 9 Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Captured Garigliano or Salerno
Hart Frederick W 5885909 Sgt 5 Northampton Regiment Captured Montenero di Bisaccia Uninjured
Sharkey J 6978660 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano Uninjured
Weston R 6981676 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured18/01/44 Garigliano
Collings Ernest W 4861090 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno wounds to hand
Porter E 4804622 Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Uninjured
Bentley Harold D 4861007 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
McFarlane James 2827853 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
McGeechan Thomas R 14315104L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Bent John W 4130973 Pte 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Dooley Fredrick 4129177 Pte 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Taylor H 3537223 Pte 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Finlayson John R 2763530 Pte Gordon Highlanders (1 The London Scottish) Captured 11/01/44 near Minturno Head wound and bruised thigh
Hunter Albert E 4464558 Pte 2/5 Leicester Regiment Captured 11/01/44 Minturno Uninjured
Osborne Herbert R 4742306 Gnr Royal Artillery Uninjured
Morrell H 995610 Gnr Royal Artillery Large head wound with concussion
Bennett R E 1461805 Gnr Royal Artillery Uninjured
Gaboutloeloe Moses N/4780 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple bruising previously camp 122
Khumalo Petrus N/14812 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Slight wound left thigh
Madjepa Wilson N/7526 Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Uninjured
Molema Jack N/7400 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple abrasions previously camp 122
Moranaka Joseph N/504 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple bruising
Masoetsa Kornelius N/21708 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple bruising previously camp 122
Nkelekete Wilson N/23881 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple bruising previously camp 122
Stalag XIB
Brown William J 2006611 Sapper Royal Engineers
Stalag XVIIIC Markt-Pongau Austria
Mulhall James 2659382 Sgt 3 Coldstream Guards Captured south of Garigliano 29/12/43
Stalag XIIID Nürnberg Germany
Magoleng John N/2303 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Bruising previous camp 122
Stalag 122
Rabothatha France N/18337 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Small wound to base of spine Previous camp 85
Stalag 344 Lamsdorf Poland
Leckenby A 3253411 Rfn 2 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Tilley Jack C 69858225 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Probable fracture of forearm
Clark Harry 5574347 L/Cpl 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Not specified
Futter Jack HD 53430084 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Numerous slight wounds
King Alfred 5572164 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Not specified
Stamp A 5572324 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Mason George 4386573 Pte 3 Green Howards Captured Libya 1942 Shrapnel in left foot
Ellis Frederick J 6211898 Pte 1 York & Lancaster Regiment Captured Garigliano Bruising and multiple abrasions
Ogden Clifford 7677972 Pte 1 York & Lancaster Regiment Captured Garigliano Wound to left ear and left hand
Cox Noel 5887436 Pte 2 Northamptonshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Probable fracture of bone in foot
Cameron Hugh 3131658 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Billingham Albert 2937264 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Multiple wounds to head, right hand and left leg
Carruthers Andy 14529910 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Bruising left leg
Gilmour William 2833791 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Slight wounds to both feet
Guess George 4860587 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Fractured upper left leg
Hornby John 14412743 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Not specified
Rawlings Reginald 4805438 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Not specified
Barratt Joseph 4128905 S/Sgt 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Bruising to chest
Lishman Arthur 14546759 Pte 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Thomas James W 4124561 A/Sgt 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Fracture left upper arm facial wounds
Dorlin Ernest 14394012 Fus 8 or 9 Battalion Royal Fusiliers Captured Salerno or Garigliano Multiple small wounds
Halls Frank 14603955 Pte Queen's Royal Regiment Captured Salerno or Garigliano Wounded right leg
Baker Harold 70474 461 Pte Gordon Highlanders (1 The London Scottish) Captured 11/01/44 near Minturno not specified
Harris Alfred 35711268 Pte Worcester Regiment Captured Tobruk Fractured left leg
Price Ernest H 3905173 Sgt 1 South Wales Borderers Captured Tobruk Multiple slight wounds to head and lower left leg
Davis Harold 208438 Dvr Royal Army Service Corps Slight calf wound
Fieldson Thomas 4802210 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Uninjured
Mallett C W Douglas 114495 Warrant Officer Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Broken ribs with loss of blood from respiratory tract Previous camp 122
Joscelyne Arthur 53490 Gnr Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Fractured upper leg and head wounds Previous camp 66
Martin Leonard 90204 Sgt Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Injuries not specified Previous camp 85
Ryan James 251936 Sgmn Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Multiple wounds lower back
Bene Charles Molotja N/2122 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Fractured left leg Previous camp 85
Maluka Kleinbooi Thabalshoey N/8837 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign On admissions list but not on wounded list Previous camp 122
Mnise Rice N/2384 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Fractured left forearm and wounds to eyebrow
Mohale William N/18317 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Fractured left leg Previous camp 122
Moleli Jan N/4315 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Fractured right leg Previous camp 122
Rakeepile Bernard N/9524 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign On admissions list but not on wounded list Previous camp 122
Sebushe Phineas N/12664 Pte Native Military Corps I Brigade Signals Coy Captured Desert campaign 15/4/41 Laceration to foot arch Previous camp 122
Thomaso Ange 13906032 Described by hospital authorities as Mauritanian. Wounds to head and left hand
Dulag 339 Mantova Italy
Burrell Alfred 5345306 Cpl Royal Berkshire Regiment
Captured Salerno or Garigliano Bruising
Stalag 357 Oerbke Germany
Everett George R 5385374 Gnr Royal Horse Artillery Multiple bruises
Culling Arthur 55111967 Pte 2 Northamptonshire Regiment Captured Garigliano? Injuries not specified
Rogers Henry J Pte 4042133 16 Durham Light Infantry Captured Salerno? Uninjured2
Stalag 133 Chartres (Headquarters) France
Hulumete John N/26751 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Fracture left ribs and forearm Head wounds Previous camp 122
Mantata Titus N/19284 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Uninjured Previous camp 122
Makanatleng Phagahle Elias N/2307 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Uninjured Previous camp 66
Matlakala Leonong N/4736 Cpl Native Military Corps Captured 20 /06/42 Tobruk Uninjured. Previous camp 122
Mokgele Efreme N/4263 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Bruising base of spine Previous camp 122
Mokhothu Michel N/9473 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple slight wounds Previous camp 122
Mokobodì Alfuse N/19978 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Twisted neck and and left foot Previous camp 122
Shabangu Jan N/2374 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Wounded left hand Previous camp 122
Stuurman Martiens N/267169 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple slight wounds
Tobeyane Zachariah N/8232 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Wounded left leg Previous camp 12
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN ORVIETO AND LATER SENT TO HOSPITAL CAMP IN MANTUA
Maddern Robert J 84050 Sgt Union Defence Force South Africa Captured Desert campaign then near Frosinone Spinal concussion paralysed in both legs
PRISONER OF WAR ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL AT ORVIETO WHO ESCAPED AND WAS RECAPTURED
Robertson William A 14350406 Pte 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment Captured Salerno or Garigliano Recaptured 24/2/44 Bruising left leg
SOUTH AFRICANS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN ON TRAIN WHO WERE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL BUT WHO DO NOT APPEAR ON LIST OF POWS SENT TO GERMANY OR GERMAN-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Adam Daniel N/19410 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign Injuries not specified Previous camp 122
Jacobs Jape C/284629 Gnr Cape Corps Captured Desert campaign Fractured left upper arm Previous camp 122
Maleka Phiriman N 6186 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Probable fracture of bone in right hand
Matau Thompson N/15370 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Slight back wound Previous camp 122
Monk Jeffery 6960 Spr Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Fractured shoulder blade
Phiri Aleson N/26035 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Slight wound right arm Previous camp 122
Sinosi Jacob N/4643 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Small wound to right calf Previous camp 122
Motloli Leeketle N/2654 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Head wound. On hospital admissions list but not on wounded list No record of his having been a POW on service card
SOUTH AFRICANS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN ON TRAIN BUT WHO DO NOT APPEAR ON LIST OF POWS SENT TO GERMANY OR GERMAN-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Mogotsi Christian Rank and regiment unknown Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 in the province of Perugia by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
BRITISH SERVICEMEN SAID TO HAVE BEEN/MAY HAVE BEEN ON TRAIN OUTCOME UNKNOWN
Edwards R 1461306 Gnr Royal Artillery
Mulland Gdsmn 201 Guards Brigade
Chandler Pte 7 Infantry Training Company
SERVICEMEN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ON TRAIN ADMITTED TO POW CAMPS IN GERMANY
Cheney Rodney E 31318653 Pvt US Infantry Stalag 344 Returned to military duty 22/09/44 - presumably escaped or repatriated. (Nominated by Green 'Duke' Cox as having been in his box-car)
MEN FROM 157 REGIMENT 45 US DIVISION, CAPTURED 15/12/43 NEAR VENAFRO, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ON TRAIN, RECAPTURED AND SENT TO POW CAMPS IN GERMANY
Wagner Paul E 33720050 Pvt C Company Stalag IIB
Harvey Dale E 20838535 Pfc G Company Stalag IIB
Gordon Millard W 35219690 Pvt G Company Stalag IIB
Nelson Edward Jr 36590426 Pvt G Company Stalag IIB
Polter Clifton 35017332 Pvt G Company Stalag IIB
Ryba Romon C 46569584 Pfc G Company Stalag IIB
Klein Joseph V. 32869527 Pvt G Company Stalag IIIB
Berry Newell E Jr 35632195 Pvt C Company Stalag VIIA
Millwood Hoskel T 36590875 Pvt C Company Stalag VIIA
Diehl James H 32817273 G Company Stalag VIIA
Rolves Wilbert V 36482701 Pvt C Company Stalag XIIID
Deese Edgar 34336797 Pvt G Company Stalag 1XIIID
Michalek Stephen J 32227167 Pfc C Company Oflag 64 or XX1B Schubin
PRISONERS OF WAR FROM NATIONS OTHER THAN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SOUTH AFRICA ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN ORVIETO OR ACQUAPENDENTE WITH OUTCOME UNKNOWN
Ungest Jr Ancin D 37436646 USA Injuries not specified
(Not possible to trace him by service number )
Madder Habdala from Oran Injuries not specified
Amar Ben Kalivar 2823 from Tunisia Lacerated right heel
El Hamed 1938 or 1934 ACATGS from Tunisia
Head wound bruising to chest
Akamel Jan-Serame 26341 On admissions list, not on wounded list
Babaron Halson-Pele 2435 On admissions list, not on wounded list
Halison Hadrun
REPATRIATED FROM WOUNDED LIST
Gillick Terence 3251950 Rfn 2 Cameronians
Captured Garigliano Multiple shrapnel wounds Repatriated 17/09/44
James Jack 5676894 Pte Injuries not specified Repatriated 26/11/44
Boss Norman 5987152 Pte York and Lancaster Regiment Captured Garigliano Wounded left hand and foot Repatriated 16/09/44
Grass J 2387594 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Multiple bruises Repatriated 16/11/44 from Stalag VIIIC
1978571 Soldier not identified by name. Bruised hip Repatriated 26/11/44
33310976 British born American serviceman recorded as Lis Mon Hy A (not identified by name in WO 361/668) Enlisted in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Multiple slight wounds Repatriated 26/11/44
KNOWN ESCAPERS FROM TRAIN WHO WERE NOT RECAPTURED
AMERICANS
Morris Richard A 2083832 Sgt 157 Infantry Reg 45 Div US Army Captured 15/12/43 Venafro Encountered 6 South African Armoured Division 17 June north of Orvieto
Tourtillotte John 31000229 Pvt 157 Infantry Regt 45 Div US Army Captured 15/12/43 Venafro Encountered 6 South African Armoured Division 17 June north of Orvieto
McCoy Chester G Pfc 38005394 157 Infantry Regt 45 Div US Army Captured 15/12/43 Venafro
Guele Michael R 31305363 Pvt 157 Infantry Regt 45 Div US Army Captured 15/12/43 Venafro Joined Allied troops north of Orvieto
Koziol Joseph E 31288013 Pvt 157 Infantry Reg 45 Div US Army Captured 15/12/43 Venafro Joined Allied troops north of Orvieto
Cox Green 'Duke' 33535580 Pvt 133 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army
Erskine Paul 39170910 Pvt US Army Escaped from train with Green 'Duke' Cox
Clay George W 32889895 Pvt US Army Sheltered by family of Antonio Filidio Tiberi, Bardanella near Allerona
Klinkhammer Norbert H Pvt. I Coy 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army
BRITISH
Betts A 14585637, 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 14/09/44
Broadley E 4127941, 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Reported to Commission 11/11/44
Bull Edward 4617313 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 29/01/4
Clarey T 5574536 L/Cpl 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Reported to commission in UK several times between 06/10/44 – 07/45
Conlan Timothy 69859772 Fus Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano Reported to commission in UK 23/09/44
Crane F W 4987090 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Reported to commission in UK 18/09/44
Kean John 14515613 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 13/09/44
Laing W 2880673 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Reported to Commission in UK 15/11/44
Matthews S 14571032 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 07/10/44
McIntyre R J 2822082 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Lived in mountains Carsoli near Rome until picked up by 12 Lancers Reported to Commission in UK 17/11/44
Melling Arthur D/JX.302102 Able Seaman HMS Saracen Submarine Corps Captured off the coast of Bastia Corsica 14/08/43 Spent some time with partisans. Encountered 12 Lancers June 1944
Morris Cyril F 7619195 Pte Royal Army Ordnance Corps Captured 1942 Tobruk Rejoined Allied lines Reported to Escape Commission 29 June 1944
Offer L H 6028559 Cpl 5 Northamptonshire Regiment Captured Montenero di Bisaccia
Patrick Herbert 14556012, 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 15/09/44
Pinnell Arthur R C/JX.160639 Able Seaman HMS Saracen Submarine Corps Captured off the coast of Bastia Corsica 14/08/43 Sheltered by family of Fernando Savioli at Poggio Natio. Was in their village when British troops arrived. Interviewed MI9 14/06/1944
Read Vincent Pte Friend of William Marsh still alive 1993
Rees W D 4209522, 6 Lincolnshire Regiment later RAMC Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 07/10/44
Robinson John 3389469 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano
Schuster Robert L 7943736 Tpr Royal Armoured Corps
Smith A B 4987006 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 6/11/44
Sutherland Ebenezer S 2932159 Sgmn Royal Signals Reported to Commission in UK 28/01/1945
Thirkill J L 5891087 Sgt 5 Northamptonshire Regiment Captured Montenero di Bisaccia Reported to Commission in UK 11/44
Walker A 14205935 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured Garigliano Reported to Committee in UK 4/10/44
Willis J 6472466 Royal Fus Injury not specified Probably captured Garigliano Back in UK by 28/09/44 Evidence to commission 27/12/1944
NEW ZEALANDER
Tong Leslie H 12362 Pte 26 Battalion 2 New Zealand Division Met up with American troops at Tolfa
SOUTH AFRICANS
Duffey Stanley D 9346 T/Cpl Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Uninjured
Norval Norman A 53981 T/Cpl Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Uninjured
Van Rensberg Vernon 27478 Pte Union Defence Force Captured Tobruk 21/06/42 Uninjured
Wainer N. Stanley 27677 Pte Royal Natal Carbineers Captured Western Desert Uninjured
Worst Theophilus 14398 Gnr South African Artillery Captured Tobruk 21/06/42 Uninjured
FRENCH MORROCAN
Carrérès Pascal (Testimony Van Rensberg, Liberation Report)
KNOWN ESCAPERS FROM TRAIN WHO WERE RECAPTURED BUT THEN ESCAPED AGAIN
Bromley Harold 14201711 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured Garigliano Recaptured after bombing of train but escaped Reported to Commission in UK 10/12/44
Leeson J L 3253567 Rfn 2 Cameronians Captured Garigliano Recaptured after bombing of train but escaped from train taking him to Germany Evidence to Commission in UK 01/02/1945
Gibson G Arthur 10601299 Tpr 46 Regiment Recce Corps Captured Garigliano Recaptured along with Tpr R W Calvey and Bill Blewitt on 04/02/1944. Sent to Camp 82 Laterina. Escaped again with Bill Blewitt Evidence commission in UK 22/12/1944
Blewitt William 7895023 Pte 1 Battalion Sherwood Foresters (201 Guards Brigade) Captured near Gazala Western Desert Recaptured along with Tprs R W Calvey and G. A. Gibson on 04/02/1944 Sent to Camp 82 Laterina Escaped again with Gibson.
KNOWN ESCAPERS FROM TRAIN WHO WERE RECAPTURED
BRITISH
Calvey Robert W 14208010 Tpr 46 Regiment Recce Corps Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Recaptured along with Tpr G Arthur Gibson and Bill Blewitt on 4 February 1944 Sent to Camp 82 Laterina then to Stalag IVB followed by Stalag XIA and Arbeits Kommando 544/9 near Magdeburg
Atkins(on) John Irishman. On the run with firstly Arthur Melling and later Bill Marsh (see his testimony). Recaptured and sent to Camp 82 Laterina and thence to Stalag VIIA Moosburg An Der Isar Bavaria
Marsh Albert William 'Bill' 3908767 Cpl 1 South Wales Borderers Captured Tobruk Camp 85 then 54 then Camp 82 Laterina then Stalag VIIA Moosburg followed by Camp 383 Hohenfels
Roberts Leonard C D/JX.143367 Petty Officer HMS Saracen Submarine Corps Captured off the coast of Bastia Corsica 14/08/43 Sent to Marlag und Milag Nord where he was imprisoned from April 1944 until April 1945 when he was force-marched to Lübeck.
Freer George A HMS Saracen Submarine Corps Captured off the coast of Bastia Corsica 14/08/43 Sent to Marlag und Milag Nord
Allwood Frank H Pte 6298975 Leicester Regiment Uninjured Picked up 7 February by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10 February and later sent to Stalag XIA
Doherty Terence J.14214431 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Initially captured 21/12/43 Garigliano. Uninjured. Recaptured 29 March at Rieti Held in town gaol before being sent to Stalag VIIA Moosburg Captured together with O-800669 James H. Spiro USAAF, (shot down near Viterbo on 29 February and later sent on to Stalag Luft III)
Emery Norman 3781397 Pte Lincolnshire Regiment. Recaptured 30 (?) March at Rieti with T. Doherty and held in town gaol before being sent to Stalag VIIA Moosburg
Harston Cyril S C 4037932 Pte Lincolnshire Regiment Recaptured 30 March at Rieti and held in town gaol before being sent to Stalag VIIA Moosburg
Jackson Granville 260242 Leicestershire Regiment Uninjured Picked up 7 February by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) with Allwood Held in Perugia gaol until 10 February
Smith George 3130789 Fus 2 Scots Fusiliers. Taken prisoner on Garigliano 18 /01/44. After three days sent to Fara in Sabina 21/01/44. Put on bombed train, escaped with 14571032 Fus S Matthews, together for two months. Became separated, met up again two months later but was not seen after that by Matthews. Recaptured 10/05/44 sent to Laterina then to Stalag VIIA Moosburg
CANADIANS
Gordon Joseph A. J.96483 Warrant Officer 1, 37 Squadron. See detailed testimony.
Guertin W N R68183, Warrant Officer 1, escaped Fara in Sabina at armistice with other Canadians under this heading
Lecours J G R R.79289, Warrant Officer 1, escaped Fara in Sabina at armistice with other Canadians under this heading
Nagy Alexander J Sgt, 100489 escaped Fara in Sabina at armistice with other Canadians under this heading, recaptured & sent to Fara n Sabina, escaped from train taking him to Germany 06 10 42, not on train bombed 28 January1944, recaptured April 1944 near Palombara Sabina. Stalag VIIA Moosburg, Stalag 7 Bankau, Stalag 6 Luckenwald.
Smith W L No details but with W.O.I Joseph A. Gordon.
AMERICAN SERVICEMEN SHOT BY GERMAN TROOPS AT MONTEBUONO (SABINA) ON 13 APRIL 1944 AFTER HAVING ESCAPED FROM BOMBED TRAIN:
Carnathan Robert C 34625098 Pvt C Coy 157 Infantry Regiment 45 Division Captured 15/12/43 at Venafro
Moody Clarence E 36590875 Pvt C Coy 157 Infantry Regiment 45 Division Captured 15/12/1943 at Venafro
Thomas Woodrow W 35637523 Pvt C Coy 157 Infantry Regiment 45 Division Captured 15/12/1943 at Venafro (Interred Nettuno)
Valdez Paul H 38006151 Cpl C Coy 157 Infantry Regiment 45 Division Captured 15/12/1943 at Venafro
Dyda Charles 33183989 Pfc G Coy 157 Infantry Regiment 45 Division Captured 16/12/1943
Rankl Robert J Pvt 33678141 135 Infantry Regiment 34 Division (Interred Saint Peter’s Cemetery in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania)
Espinosa Ben 37354115 753rd Tank Bn (Interred Nettuno)
Kerr George 37353883 753rd Tank Bn
(See Appendix)
KNOWN ESCAPERS FROM TRAIN presumed to have rejoined Allies as 'no longer POW in Italian hands'
Burton P H 3906890 Sgt S. Wales Borderers (WO 417/76 May-June '44)
Keeley F 1103022 Gnr Royal Artillery (WO 417/77 June-July '44)
An American airman from a B25 bomber (Evidence Richard A. Morris) Possibly Glen Partridge (testimony Vernon Van Rensburg, Liberation Report)
MEN WHO ESCAPED WHILST TRAIN IN TRANSIT
Culverwell James 28158 Gnr Captured Desert Campaign Escaped from train 27 January
Andrews W P 1511 Pte Umvoti Mounted Rifles (Railhead Force)
Captured Desert Campaign Shot 27 January having escaped from train in transit. Buried Bolsena War Cemetery
NAMES OF NEXT OF KIN, COLLECTED BY DON MARZIO MISCETTI, THE VILLAGE PRIEST OF MONTERUBIAGLIO
Madame Addol, Adaluiba Algerie (Algeria)
Madame Charl, Porrie de Calclù
Asser Reginald William 14306193 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured 21/01/44 Garigliano
Barry Albert Ernest 2660262 Gdsmn 3 Coldstream Guards Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Beardsley Laurence Ernest 4946261 Pte 1 Sherwood Foresters (201 Guards Brigade Captured June 1942 Tobruk
Broughton Robert Harold 266440 Gdsmn 3 Coldstream Guards Captured 30/12/43
Chadwick William Henry 4209041 Fus 9 Royal Fusiliers Captured 21/01/44 Garigliano
Draper Hubert Frank 5568468 Cpl 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Harston Francis Horace 47441156 Pte 6 York and Lancaster Regiment Captured 22/01/44 Garigliano
Maybery Thomas Bargrave Aveline 1713 Pte Umvoti Mounted Rifles (Railhead Force) Captured June 1942 Tobruk
Mogotsi Wilfred 23701 Pte S. Africa Native Military Corps (SA Reserve Mechanical Transport) Captured June 1942 Tobruk
Patrick Albert John 14312963 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Pyott James 2821672 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Rakoma William N 6813 Pte S. Africa Native Military Corps Captured June 1942 Tobruk
Witbooi Gilbert C/275114 Pte Cape Corps S. African forces attached to Q Service Corps Captured June 1942 Tobruk
Wyrley-Birch Humphrey 9376 L/ Cpl Die Middellandse Regiment (Railhead Force) Captured June 1942 Tobruk
DIED IN HOSPITAL IN ORVIETO NATIONALITY UNKNOWN BUT POSSIBLY AMERICAN
Surname Lile (Lyle) Ronald
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN ORVIETO, SENT TO CIVIL HOSPITAL IN MANTUA AND BURIED IN PADUA WAR CEMETERY
Crofts Robert 4975608 Pte 1 Sherwood Foresters (201 Guards Brigade) Captured Tobruk Died 23/02/44
Marasi Robert 5627315 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Died 11/08/44
Mellows Albert 1587339 L/Bdr 277 Battery 68 H.A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery Captured Tobruk Died 30/03/44
Moore Denis T/194814 Dvr RASC Died 15/02/44
Wickham Alfred 14384275 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano Died 20/02/44
TWELVE UNKNOWN SERVICEMEN BURIED IN BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY, recovered from area near bridge or Orvieto Civil Cemetery
SENT TO UNKNOWN CAMP IN AUSTRIA, DIED WHILST POW, BURIED KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY
Berkovitch Louis 6916299 Rfn 9 Rifle Brigade
Captured Garigliano Died 22/02/45 (he was Jewish)
KILLED IN AIR RAID ON CAMP 194 CHALONS -SUR-MARNE, FRANCE
Moakamedi Paul N/6832 Pte Native Military Corps 14/09/1944 Buried in Commonwealth War Cemetery Choloy Meurthe-et-Moselle
COMMEMORATED ON CASSINO WAR MEMORIAL
All are listed as KIA on 28/01/1944 in WO 361/668
Anderson Robert G 2822711 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Bott Frederick A 4860513 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Caddle Neil McL 2824457 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Chell Henry G 3966584 Fus 9 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Captured 19/01/44 Garigliano
Clarke Joseph H 14402315 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Cottom Frederick C 14401298 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Couzens Sidney E 792981 Cpl 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano
Davies William H 14562796 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured 22/01/44 Garigliano
Dawson Ernest Benjamin 4978500 Pte 1 York and Lancaster Regiment Captured 22/01/44 Garigliano
Dowse William 4808182 Cpl 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano
Flockton William J L 4861396 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Green George W 4859998 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Grogan Thomas V 2614515 Sgt 6 Grenadier Guards Captured Unknown location possibly Salerno
Healey Ronald R 14002867 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Hepburn George 14403951 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Manuel Percy J 14517209 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured 22/01/44 Garigliano
McCabe James 3128763 L/Cpl 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano
Mason James Douglas 1421925 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Martin Frederick W 6351452 Cpl 2 Parachute Regiment, A.A.G.
McLean Ian 2820578 Sgt 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
McGill John 5115643 Fus 9 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Captured 19/01/44 Garigliano
McLuckie Adam C 2825163 Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Power Thomas 6980223 L/Cpl 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Reedman William H 4860593 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Roberts Benjamin 4197747 Fus 9 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Captured 16/01/44
Robertson Thomas S 14563438 Pte Gordon Highlanders (1 The London Scottish) Captured 11/01/44 near Minturno
Saunders George C 2765075 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Strange Henry 2827084 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Stringer William 6982808 L/Cpl 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Thomson George C 3126252 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano
Thomson John R 2822586 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Turner Douglas A4860863 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Ward Leslie B 4868505 Pte 2/5 Leicestershire Regiment Captured 11/01/44
Wolstenholme John R 4458869 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano
Wright John 3317999 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano
COMMEMORATED ON ALAMEIN WAR MEMORIAL
(British troops listed as KIA in WO 361/668. All South African Troops listed as killed in train bombing by authorities in Pretoria)
Anderson William 151306 S/Sgt 21 Field Bakery Royal Army Service Corps Captured Tobruk
Arthur Ronnie 886779 Gnr 17 Coast Regiment Royal Artillery Captured Tobruk
Baloyi M N/1752 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Burgess William Arthur 3327329 Pte 2 Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) Captured North Africa
Charlie Piet N/21541 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Choatsane Mafuta N/21427 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Davies Haydn E 1594759 Sgt H.Q. 68 H.A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery Captured Tobruk
De Vaal William N/13747 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Dikele Tom N/25815 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Forrest John William 2593065 Sgmn 4 A.A. Bde Royal Corps of Signals Captured Tobruk
Fowler Wallace Stanley 114473 Gnr South African Artillery 1 Field Regiment Captured Tobruk
Gardner Vere 242989 Pte Natal Mounted Rifles Captured Tobruk
Hall James P 2362570 Sgmn 2 Armoured Division Signals Royal Corps of Signals Captured Desert Campaign
Hlangati Ben N/10848 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Hollingsworth F Neville 1481903 Sgt 107 Battery 27 Lt. A.A. Regiment. Royal Artillery Captured Tobruk
Jansen C/305408 Pte Cape Corps Captured Desert campaign
Jones Edward C 7925028 Tpr 42 Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Kekana Joseph S N/8922 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Kgoadibana Jim P N/9285 L/Cpl Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Kgomo Elias N/12589 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Kumalo Aaron N/4995 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Lynn Francis 4460630 Pte 9 Durham Light Infantry Captured Mersa Metruh
Madume John N/26756 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Malaka Nchabe J N/876 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Malefani Bapani E N/24347 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Malemulle Wilson N/2191 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mapanganye Godfrey Mogosho N/3267 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Martens Jakobus J F 1703 S/Sgt Umvoti Mounted Rifles Captured Desert campaign
Matau Jan N/7499 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Matiani Samuel N/7125 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mbulaheni Jim N/2274 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mobungu Joel N/7098 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mochumi John N/9414 L/Cpl Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mogoatjane Dihlokoe J N/3261 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Mokoobi Charlie N/12931 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Molepo John N/7364 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Morote Mooogodu K N/8253 L/Cpl Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Motono Jan N/7497 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Muir Reginald R9273 Sgt Die Middellandse Regiment Captured Desert Campaign
Ndwamato Andries N/6356 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Ngcobo Velapi E N/6021 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Nyalenda Isaac N/13554 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Petlela Pieter N/6067 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Poskitt Harry 2360547 Dvr 105 Special Wireless Section Royal Corps of Signals Captured Desert Campaign
Ramatsui Midikana A N/2049 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Segaole Alpheus N/10872 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Selpei Abraham N/18795 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Stephen Frank 84951 Cpl Rand Light Infantry Captured Desert Campaign
Stockton Harold 860908 Gnr 4 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Captured Desert Campaign
Strydom Jacobus J S 1542 Warrant Officer Class II Umvoti Mounted Rifles Captured Desert Campaign
Van der Merwe Berant J C/304767 Pte Cape Corps Captured Desert Campaign
Woolley Bert 830361 Tpr 7 Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps Captured Desert Campaign
COMMEMORATED ON CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL
Barber Thomas H C/KX 85490 Leading Stoker (Ty) Submarine Saracen
Captured off the coast of Bastia Corsica 14/08/43
PRISONERS OF WAR SENT ON TO OTHER CAMPS IN GERMANY OR IN GERMAN-CONTROLLED TERRITORIES, either from hospital or after having been recaptured
Stalag IB Hohenstein Poland
McStay James 3253374 Rfn 2 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Captured Garigliano Injuries not specified
Lawrence Herbert 4070519 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Injuries not specified
Stalag IIB Hammerstein /Schlochau Poland
Fleenor Ezra H 34497714 Pvt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 06/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured
Hall Otho L 19013213 Sgt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured
Hanselman George 31116462 Pfc 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Kirchner John H 32877740 Pvt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Kroll Allen F 36819105 Pvt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured
Kurzhal Russel E 37548471 Pvt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured
Lollis Andrew M Jr. 34651209 Pvt 168 Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Modzel James P 33758968 Pvt 168 Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Rancourt Camille 31116462 Pfc 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army 05/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Shepherd Emit 35651545 Pvt 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 07/01/44 near Cassino
Trotter Carlton F 34766500 Pfc Pvt 168 Regiment 34 Division US Army Captured 05/01/1944 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Guidone Albert 32882917 Pvt US Army Captured 05/01/44 Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Kirouac Raymond J 31321973 Pvt US Army Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Metzler Harold 32909553 Pfc US Army
Captured 08/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Padgett Roscoe 35254174 Pvt US Army
Captured 06/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Selm William 15059908 Pvt US Army
Captured 06/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Thurston Robert 36363559 Pvt US Army
Captured 07/01/44 Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
White Harold G 31301173 Pvt US Army
Captured 05/01/44 near Cassino Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
Stalag IIIB Fürstenberg/Germany
Argraves Keith L 39302734 Cpl 2 Bn 509 Parachute Regiment US Army Captured 27 December 1942 El Djem Tunisia Uninjured
Stalag IVA Hohenstein-Elsterhorst near Dresden Germany
Hughes Patrick 6979891 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano Slight wounds to left hand & right foot
Gibson Joseph 251936 , 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Wounds and abrasions to the face
Minghella Joseph 5735434 Pte 1 York & Lancaster Regiment Captured 22/01/44 Garigliano Scalp wound
Harrison William E 31280122 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Head wounds
Bain Donald 14530203 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Injuries not specified
Gillespie Samuel K 2932490 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Uninjured
Blair Preston (Archibald) 2976298S Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno On hospital admissions list but not on wounded list
Lawrence Herbert 4070519 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Injuries not specified
Cairns Thomas 10602685 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Captured 10 /12/44 Garigliano Uninjured
Palmer Robert N/10349 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign
Stalag IVB Mühlberg/Elbe Brandenburg Germany
Lowell John 2885629 Rfn 2 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano Multiple bruising
Gibbon Robert 6984268 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Bruising
Scott Ormond 7043799 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Bruising to chest
Simmonds Jack 5571459 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Head wound
Davies Donald 3313976 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano Multiple slight wounds
Palmer James 5389912 Pte 1 or 9 Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Captured Salerno or Garigliano Head wound & bruising right hip
Connell William 2889514 L/Cpl Gordon Highlanders (1 The London Scottish) Captured 11/01/44 near Minturno Uninjured
Beattie James Cpl 2824952, 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Hunt E 14407522 Pte 7 Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Captured Salerno or Garigliano Injuries not specified
Ditchburn Ernest 2332959 Dvr Royal Signals 56 Division Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano Bruising left leg
Beard B A 6472466 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured 10 /12/44 Garigliano Uninjured
Harrison Henry 2657745 Gdsmn 3 Coldstream Guards Captured North Africa Laceration left flank
Burgess Frank 2661229 Gdsmn 3 Coldstream Guards Captured Garigliano ? Bruising
Whitworth Joseph W 6969691 Rfn Rifle Brigade Captured Tobruk Uninjured
Hatton Douglas E 10537344 Pte Royal Army Ordnance Corps Head wound bruised left shoulder
Clark Ernest 4391326 Pte 5 Green Howards Captured Gazala
Stewart Alfred J 5106717 Dvr Royal Army Service Corps Uninjured
Champkins James A 129332 Sgt Royal Army Service Corps Uninjured
Gillman Alfred H 7263650 Gnr Royal Artillery Captured 06/06/42 Tobruk
Roos Nicolas S 35057 S/Sgt Captured Desert campaign, returned to S.Africa via UK Received MID Slight multiple wounds to upper limbs
Thomas Johann SAP 196067 Pte South African Police Brigade Captured Desert Campaign Bruising right foot
Stalag IVC Wistritz Czech Republic
Jones E Harry 48092146 Pte Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Broken ? (indecifrable) with bruising
Stalag IVD Torgau Germany
Conlin John 14554235 Pte Gordon Highlanders (1 The London Scottish) Captured 11/01/44 near Minturno Multiple bruising
Gilmour Alec 14350297 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders 18/01/44 Captured Minturno Multiple bruising and abrasions
Stalag IVF Hartmannsdorf Germany
Daniels Fred 6983002 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Not admitted to hospital but buried up to the neck in rubble
Hambleton Frank 4978571 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Bruised hip
Syme James St. J 14400218 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Bruising left foot
Stein Adam 10602810 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Injuries not specified
Drake Frank F 31262878 Pvt 133 Regiment 34 Infantry Division US Army Injuries not specified
Beardwell Walter 1766171 Gnr 282/8 HAA Captured Cyrenaica Abdominal bruising small head wound
Burton Walter 1429719 Gnr Royal Artillery Captured Cyrenaica Bruising to chest
Messenger Edward T Pte 5338932 Royal Berkshire Regiment
Stalag VC Offenberg Germany
Mantlakazi Joe N/28542 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Slight wound to left leg Previous camp 122
Ramokoni Buffel N/20885 Cpl 5 Field Coy 2 South African Division Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign 23/11/41 Wounding of right arm and hand Previous camp 122
Stalag VIIA Moosburg Germany
Gallery Edward 3455819 Pte 16 Durham Light Infantry Captured Salerno? Uninjured
Woodhall Albert 2661853 Gdsmn 3 Coldstream Guards Captured Cassino? Uninjured
Mann William J 6968777 Rfn Rifle Brigade Captured Tobruk Uninjured
Handy Arthur D T 10600221 Cpl 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Uninjured
Wells Ernest E 7907089 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Uninjured
Murphy John 14518570 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Uninjured
Townsend Victor 829552 Sgt Royal Artillery Uninjured
Bull Reginald J 6472515 Sgt Royal Armoured Corps Uninjured
Haughey Douglas 5631238 Rfn Cameronians Captured 16/01/44 Tofa
Wright J 2827404 Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Tickle Percival 4339717 CQMS 1 York & Lancaster Regiment (POW list says East Yorks) Captured Garigliano Slight wounding of left flank
Boylan William F 32304162 Pvt 18 Infantry Regiment 1 Division US Army Captured 23/12/1942 North Africa
Tennant Graham B 53522 Gnr 2 Field Regiment Natal Field Artillery SA Captured 16 June 1942 Regal Ridge North Africa
Oflag VIIB Eichstätt Germany
Lambert A F 6983039 L/Cpl 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Injured according to WO 361/668 but not on hospital admissions or wounded list
Stalag VIIIA Görlitz Poland
Mitchell John SAP 195651 South African Police Brigade Captured Desert campaign Injuries (if any) not specified
Stalag IXA Ziegenhain Germany
Mtembu William N/12620 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Wound to right eyebrow and displaced collarbone Previous camp 122
Williams Daniel N/23745 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Bruising Previous camp 122
Stalag IXC Bad Sulza Germany
Hederington Clarence 3135933 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured 17/01/44 Garigliano Bruising left leg
McCulloch Eric 14530345 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Multiple bruising
Ketteringham Philip 1155932 Gnr Royal Artillery Wounds to left hand
Stalag XIA Altengrabow Germany
Cheesman George 5574533 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Clifford Cecil 5395305, 1 Green Howards Captured Garigliano Head wound
Vickers G F 4987207 Pte 1 or 9 Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Captured Garigliano or Salerno
Hart Frederick W 5885909 Sgt 5 Northampton Regiment Captured Montenero di Bisaccia Uninjured
Sharkey J 6978660 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano Uninjured
Weston R 6981676 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured18/01/44 Garigliano
Collings Ernest W 4861090 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno wounds to hand
Porter E 4804622 Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Uninjured
Bentley Harold D 4861007 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
McFarlane James 2827853 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
McGeechan Thomas R 14315104L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno
Bent John W 4130973 Pte 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Dooley Fredrick 4129177 Pte 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Taylor H 3537223 Pte 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Finlayson John R 2763530 Pte Gordon Highlanders (1 The London Scottish) Captured 11/01/44 near Minturno Head wound and bruised thigh
Hunter Albert E 4464558 Pte 2/5 Leicester Regiment Captured 11/01/44 Minturno Uninjured
Osborne Herbert R 4742306 Gnr Royal Artillery Uninjured
Morrell H 995610 Gnr Royal Artillery Large head wound with concussion
Bennett R E 1461805 Gnr Royal Artillery Uninjured
Gaboutloeloe Moses N/4780 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple bruising previously camp 122
Khumalo Petrus N/14812 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Slight wound left thigh
Madjepa Wilson N/7526 Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Uninjured
Molema Jack N/7400 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple abrasions previously camp 122
Moranaka Joseph N/504 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple bruising
Masoetsa Kornelius N/21708 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple bruising previously camp 122
Nkelekete Wilson N/23881 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple bruising previously camp 122
Stalag XIB
Brown William J 2006611 Sapper Royal Engineers
Stalag XVIIIC Markt-Pongau Austria
Mulhall James 2659382 Sgt 3 Coldstream Guards Captured south of Garigliano 29/12/43
Stalag XIIID Nürnberg Germany
Magoleng John N/2303 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Bruising previous camp 122
Stalag 122
Rabothatha France N/18337 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Small wound to base of spine Previous camp 85
Stalag 344 Lamsdorf Poland
Leckenby A 3253411 Rfn 2 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Tilley Jack C 69858225 Fus 2 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Probable fracture of forearm
Clark Harry 5574347 L/Cpl 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Not specified
Futter Jack HD 53430084 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Numerous slight wounds
King Alfred 5572164 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Not specified
Stamp A 5572324 Pte 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Mason George 4386573 Pte 3 Green Howards Captured Libya 1942 Shrapnel in left foot
Ellis Frederick J 6211898 Pte 1 York & Lancaster Regiment Captured Garigliano Bruising and multiple abrasions
Ogden Clifford 7677972 Pte 1 York & Lancaster Regiment Captured Garigliano Wound to left ear and left hand
Cox Noel 5887436 Pte 2 Northamptonshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Probable fracture of bone in foot
Cameron Hugh 3131658 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Billingham Albert 2937264 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Multiple wounds to head, right hand and left leg
Carruthers Andy 14529910 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Bruising left leg
Gilmour William 2833791 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Slight wounds to both feet
Guess George 4860587 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Fractured upper left leg
Hornby John 14412743 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Not specified
Rawlings Reginald 4805438 L/Cpl 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Not specified
Barratt Joseph 4128905 S/Sgt 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Bruising to chest
Lishman Arthur 14546759 Pte 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Uninjured
Thomas James W 4124561 A/Sgt 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Fracture left upper arm facial wounds
Dorlin Ernest 14394012 Fus 8 or 9 Battalion Royal Fusiliers Captured Salerno or Garigliano Multiple small wounds
Halls Frank 14603955 Pte Queen's Royal Regiment Captured Salerno or Garigliano Wounded right leg
Baker Harold 70474 461 Pte Gordon Highlanders (1 The London Scottish) Captured 11/01/44 near Minturno not specified
Harris Alfred 35711268 Pte Worcester Regiment Captured Tobruk Fractured left leg
Price Ernest H 3905173 Sgt 1 South Wales Borderers Captured Tobruk Multiple slight wounds to head and lower left leg
Davis Harold 208438 Dvr Royal Army Service Corps Slight calf wound
Fieldson Thomas 4802210 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Uninjured
Mallett C W Douglas 114495 Warrant Officer Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Broken ribs with loss of blood from respiratory tract Previous camp 122
Joscelyne Arthur 53490 Gnr Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Fractured upper leg and head wounds Previous camp 66
Martin Leonard 90204 Sgt Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Injuries not specified Previous camp 85
Ryan James 251936 Sgmn Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Multiple wounds lower back
Bene Charles Molotja N/2122 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Fractured left leg Previous camp 85
Maluka Kleinbooi Thabalshoey N/8837 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign On admissions list but not on wounded list Previous camp 122
Mnise Rice N/2384 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Fractured left forearm and wounds to eyebrow
Mohale William N/18317 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Fractured left leg Previous camp 122
Moleli Jan N/4315 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Fractured right leg Previous camp 122
Rakeepile Bernard N/9524 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign On admissions list but not on wounded list Previous camp 122
Sebushe Phineas N/12664 Pte Native Military Corps I Brigade Signals Coy Captured Desert campaign 15/4/41 Laceration to foot arch Previous camp 122
Thomaso Ange 13906032 Described by hospital authorities as Mauritanian. Wounds to head and left hand
Dulag 339 Mantova Italy
Burrell Alfred 5345306 Cpl Royal Berkshire Regiment
Captured Salerno or Garigliano Bruising
Stalag 357 Oerbke Germany
Everett George R 5385374 Gnr Royal Horse Artillery Multiple bruises
Culling Arthur 55111967 Pte 2 Northamptonshire Regiment Captured Garigliano? Injuries not specified
Rogers Henry J Pte 4042133 16 Durham Light Infantry Captured Salerno? Uninjured2
Stalag 133 Chartres (Headquarters) France
Hulumete John N/26751 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Fracture left ribs and forearm Head wounds Previous camp 122
Mantata Titus N/19284 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Uninjured Previous camp 122
Makanatleng Phagahle Elias N/2307 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Uninjured Previous camp 66
Matlakala Leonong N/4736 Cpl Native Military Corps Captured 20 /06/42 Tobruk Uninjured. Previous camp 122
Mokgele Efreme N/4263 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Bruising base of spine Previous camp 122
Mokhothu Michel N/9473 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple slight wounds Previous camp 122
Mokobodì Alfuse N/19978 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Twisted neck and and left foot Previous camp 122
Shabangu Jan N/2374 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Wounded left hand Previous camp 122
Stuurman Martiens N/267169 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Multiple slight wounds
Tobeyane Zachariah N/8232 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Wounded left leg Previous camp 12
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN ORVIETO AND LATER SENT TO HOSPITAL CAMP IN MANTUA
Maddern Robert J 84050 Sgt Union Defence Force South Africa Captured Desert campaign then near Frosinone Spinal concussion paralysed in both legs
PRISONER OF WAR ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL AT ORVIETO WHO ESCAPED AND WAS RECAPTURED
Robertson William A 14350406 Pte 2/7 Queen's Royal Regiment Captured Salerno or Garigliano Recaptured 24/2/44 Bruising left leg
SOUTH AFRICANS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN ON TRAIN WHO WERE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL BUT WHO DO NOT APPEAR ON LIST OF POWS SENT TO GERMANY OR GERMAN-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Adam Daniel N/19410 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert Campaign Injuries not specified Previous camp 122
Jacobs Jape C/284629 Gnr Cape Corps Captured Desert campaign Fractured left upper arm Previous camp 122
Maleka Phiriman N 6186 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Probable fracture of bone in right hand
Matau Thompson N/15370 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Slight back wound Previous camp 122
Monk Jeffery 6960 Spr Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Fractured shoulder blade
Phiri Aleson N/26035 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Slight wound right arm Previous camp 122
Sinosi Jacob N/4643 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Small wound to right calf Previous camp 122
Motloli Leeketle N/2654 Pte Native Military Corps Captured Desert campaign Head wound. On hospital admissions list but not on wounded list No record of his having been a POW on service card
SOUTH AFRICANS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN ON TRAIN BUT WHO DO NOT APPEAR ON LIST OF POWS SENT TO GERMANY OR GERMAN-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Mogotsi Christian Rank and regiment unknown Uninjured Picked up 07/02/44 in the province of Perugia by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10/02/44
BRITISH SERVICEMEN SAID TO HAVE BEEN/MAY HAVE BEEN ON TRAIN OUTCOME UNKNOWN
Edwards R 1461306 Gnr Royal Artillery
Mulland Gdsmn 201 Guards Brigade
Chandler Pte 7 Infantry Training Company
SERVICEMEN BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ON TRAIN ADMITTED TO POW CAMPS IN GERMANY
Cheney Rodney E 31318653 Pvt US Infantry Stalag 344 Returned to military duty 22/09/44 - presumably escaped or repatriated. (Nominated by Green 'Duke' Cox as having been in his box-car)
MEN FROM 157 REGIMENT 45 US DIVISION, CAPTURED 15/12/43 NEAR VENAFRO, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ON TRAIN, RECAPTURED AND SENT TO POW CAMPS IN GERMANY
Wagner Paul E 33720050 Pvt C Company Stalag IIB
Harvey Dale E 20838535 Pfc G Company Stalag IIB
Gordon Millard W 35219690 Pvt G Company Stalag IIB
Nelson Edward Jr 36590426 Pvt G Company Stalag IIB
Polter Clifton 35017332 Pvt G Company Stalag IIB
Ryba Romon C 46569584 Pfc G Company Stalag IIB
Klein Joseph V. 32869527 Pvt G Company Stalag IIIB
Berry Newell E Jr 35632195 Pvt C Company Stalag VIIA
Millwood Hoskel T 36590875 Pvt C Company Stalag VIIA
Diehl James H 32817273 G Company Stalag VIIA
Rolves Wilbert V 36482701 Pvt C Company Stalag XIIID
Deese Edgar 34336797 Pvt G Company Stalag 1XIIID
Michalek Stephen J 32227167 Pfc C Company Oflag 64 or XX1B Schubin
PRISONERS OF WAR FROM NATIONS OTHER THAN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SOUTH AFRICA ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL IN ORVIETO OR ACQUAPENDENTE WITH OUTCOME UNKNOWN
Ungest Jr Ancin D 37436646 USA Injuries not specified
(Not possible to trace him by service number )
Madder Habdala from Oran Injuries not specified
Amar Ben Kalivar 2823 from Tunisia Lacerated right heel
El Hamed 1938 or 1934 ACATGS from Tunisia
Head wound bruising to chest
Akamel Jan-Serame 26341 On admissions list, not on wounded list
Babaron Halson-Pele 2435 On admissions list, not on wounded list
Halison Hadrun
REPATRIATED FROM WOUNDED LIST
Gillick Terence 3251950 Rfn 2 Cameronians
Captured Garigliano Multiple shrapnel wounds Repatriated 17/09/44
James Jack 5676894 Pte Injuries not specified Repatriated 26/11/44
Boss Norman 5987152 Pte York and Lancaster Regiment Captured Garigliano Wounded left hand and foot Repatriated 16/09/44
Grass J 2387594 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Multiple bruises Repatriated 16/11/44 from Stalag VIIIC
1978571 Soldier not identified by name. Bruised hip Repatriated 26/11/44
33310976 British born American serviceman recorded as Lis Mon Hy A (not identified by name in WO 361/668) Enlisted in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Multiple slight wounds Repatriated 26/11/44
KNOWN ESCAPERS FROM TRAIN WHO WERE NOT RECAPTURED
AMERICANS
Morris Richard A 2083832 Sgt 157 Infantry Reg 45 Div US Army Captured 15/12/43 Venafro Encountered 6 South African Armoured Division 17 June north of Orvieto
Tourtillotte John 31000229 Pvt 157 Infantry Regt 45 Div US Army Captured 15/12/43 Venafro Encountered 6 South African Armoured Division 17 June north of Orvieto
McCoy Chester G Pfc 38005394 157 Infantry Regt 45 Div US Army Captured 15/12/43 Venafro
Guele Michael R 31305363 Pvt 157 Infantry Regt 45 Div US Army Captured 15/12/43 Venafro Joined Allied troops north of Orvieto
Koziol Joseph E 31288013 Pvt 157 Infantry Reg 45 Div US Army Captured 15/12/43 Venafro Joined Allied troops north of Orvieto
Cox Green 'Duke' 33535580 Pvt 133 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army
Erskine Paul 39170910 Pvt US Army Escaped from train with Green 'Duke' Cox
Clay George W 32889895 Pvt US Army Sheltered by family of Antonio Filidio Tiberi, Bardanella near Allerona
Klinkhammer Norbert H Pvt. I Coy 168 Infantry Regiment 34 Division US Army
BRITISH
Betts A 14585637, 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 14/09/44
Broadley E 4127941, 6 Cheshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Reported to Commission 11/11/44
Bull Edward 4617313 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 29/01/4
Clarey T 5574536 L/Cpl 2 Wiltshire Regiment Captured Garigliano Reported to commission in UK several times between 06/10/44 – 07/45
Conlan Timothy 69859772 Fus Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Captured 18/01/44 Garigliano Reported to commission in UK 23/09/44
Crane F W 4987090 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Reported to commission in UK 18/09/44
Kean John 14515613 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 13/09/44
Laing W 2880673 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Reported to Commission in UK 15/11/44
Matthews S 14571032 Fus 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers Captured Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 07/10/44
McIntyre R J 2822082 Pte 6 Seaforth Highlanders Captured 18/01/44 Minturno Lived in mountains Carsoli near Rome until picked up by 12 Lancers Reported to Commission in UK 17/11/44
Melling Arthur D/JX.302102 Able Seaman HMS Saracen Submarine Corps Captured off the coast of Bastia Corsica 14/08/43 Spent some time with partisans. Encountered 12 Lancers June 1944
Morris Cyril F 7619195 Pte Royal Army Ordnance Corps Captured 1942 Tobruk Rejoined Allied lines Reported to Escape Commission 29 June 1944
Offer L H 6028559 Cpl 5 Northamptonshire Regiment Captured Montenero di Bisaccia
Patrick Herbert 14556012, 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 15/09/44
Pinnell Arthur R C/JX.160639 Able Seaman HMS Saracen Submarine Corps Captured off the coast of Bastia Corsica 14/08/43 Sheltered by family of Fernando Savioli at Poggio Natio. Was in their village when British troops arrived. Interviewed MI9 14/06/1944
Read Vincent Pte Friend of William Marsh still alive 1993
Rees W D 4209522, 6 Lincolnshire Regiment later RAMC Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 07/10/44
Robinson John 3389469 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano
Schuster Robert L 7943736 Tpr Royal Armoured Corps
Smith A B 4987006 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Captured 21/12/43 Garigliano Reported to Commission in UK 6/11/44
Sutherland Ebenezer S 2932159 Sgmn Royal Signals Reported to Commission in UK 28/01/1945
Thirkill J L 5891087 Sgt 5 Northamptonshire Regiment Captured Montenero di Bisaccia Reported to Commission in UK 11/44
Walker A 14205935 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured Garigliano Reported to Committee in UK 4/10/44
Willis J 6472466 Royal Fus Injury not specified Probably captured Garigliano Back in UK by 28/09/44 Evidence to commission 27/12/1944
NEW ZEALANDER
Tong Leslie H 12362 Pte 26 Battalion 2 New Zealand Division Met up with American troops at Tolfa
SOUTH AFRICANS
Duffey Stanley D 9346 T/Cpl Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Uninjured
Norval Norman A 53981 T/Cpl Union Defence Force Captured Desert campaign Uninjured
Van Rensberg Vernon 27478 Pte Union Defence Force Captured Tobruk 21/06/42 Uninjured
Wainer N. Stanley 27677 Pte Royal Natal Carbineers Captured Western Desert Uninjured
Worst Theophilus 14398 Gnr South African Artillery Captured Tobruk 21/06/42 Uninjured
FRENCH MORROCAN
Carrérès Pascal (Testimony Van Rensberg, Liberation Report)
KNOWN ESCAPERS FROM TRAIN WHO WERE RECAPTURED BUT THEN ESCAPED AGAIN
Bromley Harold 14201711 Tpr 46 Recce Regiment Recce Corps Captured Garigliano Recaptured after bombing of train but escaped Reported to Commission in UK 10/12/44
Leeson J L 3253567 Rfn 2 Cameronians Captured Garigliano Recaptured after bombing of train but escaped from train taking him to Germany Evidence to Commission in UK 01/02/1945
Gibson G Arthur 10601299 Tpr 46 Regiment Recce Corps Captured Garigliano Recaptured along with Tpr R W Calvey and Bill Blewitt on 04/02/1944. Sent to Camp 82 Laterina. Escaped again with Bill Blewitt Evidence commission in UK 22/12/1944
Blewitt William 7895023 Pte 1 Battalion Sherwood Foresters (201 Guards Brigade) Captured near Gazala Western Desert Recaptured along with Tprs R W Calvey and G. A. Gibson on 04/02/1944 Sent to Camp 82 Laterina Escaped again with Gibson.
KNOWN ESCAPERS FROM TRAIN WHO WERE RECAPTURED
BRITISH
Calvey Robert W 14208010 Tpr 46 Regiment Recce Corps Captured 10/12/43 Garigliano Recaptured along with Tpr G Arthur Gibson and Bill Blewitt on 4 February 1944 Sent to Camp 82 Laterina then to Stalag IVB followed by Stalag XIA and Arbeits Kommando 544/9 near Magdeburg
Atkins(on) John Irishman. On the run with firstly Arthur Melling and later Bill Marsh (see his testimony). Recaptured and sent to Camp 82 Laterina and thence to Stalag VIIA Moosburg An Der Isar Bavaria
Marsh Albert William 'Bill' 3908767 Cpl 1 South Wales Borderers Captured Tobruk Camp 85 then 54 then Camp 82 Laterina then Stalag VIIA Moosburg followed by Camp 383 Hohenfels
Roberts Leonard C D/JX.143367 Petty Officer HMS Saracen Submarine Corps Captured off the coast of Bastia Corsica 14/08/43 Sent to Marlag und Milag Nord where he was imprisoned from April 1944 until April 1945 when he was force-marched to Lübeck.
Freer George A HMS Saracen Submarine Corps Captured off the coast of Bastia Corsica 14/08/43 Sent to Marlag und Milag Nord
Allwood Frank H Pte 6298975 Leicester Regiment Uninjured Picked up 7 February by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) Held in Perugia gaol until 10 February and later sent to Stalag XIA
Doherty Terence J.14214431 Pte 6 Lincolnshire Regiment Initially captured 21/12/43 Garigliano. Uninjured. Recaptured 29 March at Rieti Held in town gaol before being sent to Stalag VIIA Moosburg Captured together with O-800669 James H. Spiro USAAF, (shot down near Viterbo on 29 February and later sent on to Stalag Luft III)
Emery Norman 3781397 Pte Lincolnshire Regiment. Recaptured 30 (?) March at Rieti with T. Doherty and held in town gaol before being sent to Stalag VIIA Moosburg
Harston Cyril S C 4037932 Pte Lincolnshire Regiment Recaptured 30 March at Rieti and held in town gaol before being sent to Stalag VIIA Moosburg
Jackson Granville 260242 Leicestershire Regiment Uninjured Picked up 7 February by the Feldgendarmerie (German military police) with Allwood Held in Perugia gaol until 10 February
Smith George 3130789 Fus 2 Scots Fusiliers. Taken prisoner on Garigliano 18 /01/44. After three days sent to Fara in Sabina 21/01/44. Put on bombed train, escaped with 14571032 Fus S Matthews, together for two months. Became separated, met up again two months later but was not seen after that by Matthews. Recaptured 10/05/44 sent to Laterina then to Stalag VIIA Moosburg
CANADIANS
Gordon Joseph A. J.96483 Warrant Officer 1, 37 Squadron. See detailed testimony.
Guertin W N R68183, Warrant Officer 1, escaped Fara in Sabina at armistice with other Canadians under this heading
Lecours J G R R.79289, Warrant Officer 1, escaped Fara in Sabina at armistice with other Canadians under this heading
Nagy Alexander J Sgt, 100489 escaped Fara in Sabina at armistice with other Canadians under this heading, recaptured & sent to Fara n Sabina, escaped from train taking him to Germany 06 10 42, not on train bombed 28 January1944, recaptured April 1944 near Palombara Sabina. Stalag VIIA Moosburg, Stalag 7 Bankau, Stalag 6 Luckenwald.
Smith W L No details but with W.O.I Joseph A. Gordon.
AMERICAN SERVICEMEN SHOT BY GERMAN TROOPS AT MONTEBUONO (SABINA) ON 13 APRIL 1944 AFTER HAVING ESCAPED FROM BOMBED TRAIN:
Carnathan Robert C 34625098 Pvt C Coy 157 Infantry Regiment 45 Division Captured 15/12/43 at Venafro
Moody Clarence E 36590875 Pvt C Coy 157 Infantry Regiment 45 Division Captured 15/12/1943 at Venafro
Thomas Woodrow W 35637523 Pvt C Coy 157 Infantry Regiment 45 Division Captured 15/12/1943 at Venafro (Interred Nettuno)
Valdez Paul H 38006151 Cpl C Coy 157 Infantry Regiment 45 Division Captured 15/12/1943 at Venafro
Dyda Charles 33183989 Pfc G Coy 157 Infantry Regiment 45 Division Captured 16/12/1943
Rankl Robert J Pvt 33678141 135 Infantry Regiment 34 Division (Interred Saint Peter’s Cemetery in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania)
Espinosa Ben 37354115 753rd Tank Bn (Interred Nettuno)
Kerr George 37353883 753rd Tank Bn
(See Appendix)
KNOWN ESCAPERS FROM TRAIN presumed to have rejoined Allies as 'no longer POW in Italian hands'
Burton P H 3906890 Sgt S. Wales Borderers (WO 417/76 May-June '44)
Keeley F 1103022 Gnr Royal Artillery (WO 417/77 June-July '44)
An American airman from a B25 bomber (Evidence Richard A. Morris) Possibly Glen Partridge (testimony Vernon Van Rensburg, Liberation Report)
MEN WHO ESCAPED WHILST TRAIN IN TRANSIT
Culverwell James 28158 Gnr Captured Desert Campaign Escaped from train 27 January
Andrews W P 1511 Pte Umvoti Mounted Rifles (Railhead Force)
Captured Desert Campaign Shot 27 January having escaped from train in transit. Buried Bolsena War Cemetery
NAMES OF NEXT OF KIN, COLLECTED BY DON MARZIO MISCETTI, THE VILLAGE PRIEST OF MONTERUBIAGLIO
Madame Addol, Adaluiba Algerie (Algeria)
Madame Charl, Porrie de Calclù
For other details of deceased British and Commonwealth servicemen (age, family) visit CWGC.org
Amongst the Dead...
S/151306 Sergeant William Anderson 21 Field Bakery Royal Army Service Corps (1896 – 1944)
William's granddaughter Alison Murray has sent in his photograph and his grandson Simon Bird has sent in his service record and this information about him:
William was a young baker from Coupar Angus in Perthshire when he originally signed up with the Army Service Corps in January 1915. He was almost immediately sent to France and Flanders with the 51st Field Bakery and then transferred to the 2nd / 14th London Scottish Regiment which, later in the War, was based in Salonika and Egypt. Now married with six children and living in Comrie, a small village in the Scottish Highlands, he signed up for the Royal Army Service Corps again, aged 43, in January 1940. He rose from Private to Sergeant before being taken POW at Tobruk.
The part of the record which says Captured Tobruk is barely leggible. However, the date at the side - 20 06 42 - can be read easily. On the second sheet it is possible to make out the words 'presumed killed in action whilst prisoner of war ' and the date, 28.1.44.
Sergeant Anderson is referred to in the testimony of 7676195 Private Cyril F. Morris RAOC in WO361/668
The above N.C.O. was known to me whilst in Camp 54 until September 1943. I next saw him in the same camp after we had both been recaptured by the Germans in January 1944 and I spoke to him at frequent intervals. I also saw Sgt. Anderson on the train at Fara Sabina station after we had been embarked for transportation to Germany. The car in which Sgt. Anderson was travelling was roughly in the centre of the train, my own car being further to the rear. Thus it appears that the car in which the above N.C.O. was travelling was among those which were apparently hit by the subsequent bombing of the train at Orvieto on Jan 28. I have not since met anyone who can substantiate this belief.
William was a young baker from Coupar Angus in Perthshire when he originally signed up with the Army Service Corps in January 1915. He was almost immediately sent to France and Flanders with the 51st Field Bakery and then transferred to the 2nd / 14th London Scottish Regiment which, later in the War, was based in Salonika and Egypt. Now married with six children and living in Comrie, a small village in the Scottish Highlands, he signed up for the Royal Army Service Corps again, aged 43, in January 1940. He rose from Private to Sergeant before being taken POW at Tobruk.
The part of the record which says Captured Tobruk is barely leggible. However, the date at the side - 20 06 42 - can be read easily. On the second sheet it is possible to make out the words 'presumed killed in action whilst prisoner of war ' and the date, 28.1.44.
Sergeant Anderson is referred to in the testimony of 7676195 Private Cyril F. Morris RAOC in WO361/668
The above N.C.O. was known to me whilst in Camp 54 until September 1943. I next saw him in the same camp after we had both been recaptured by the Germans in January 1944 and I spoke to him at frequent intervals. I also saw Sgt. Anderson on the train at Fara Sabina station after we had been embarked for transportation to Germany. The car in which Sgt. Anderson was travelling was roughly in the centre of the train, my own car being further to the rear. Thus it appears that the car in which the above N.C.O. was travelling was among those which were apparently hit by the subsequent bombing of the train at Orvieto on Jan 28. I have not since met anyone who can substantiate this belief.
1481903 Sergeant Neville Hollingsworth, 107 Bty. 27 Lt.A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery
Sgt. Hollingsworth (on left) with a friend
On leave in Egypt before being captured at Tobruk.
After being held in a POW camp at Bari he was transferred to Fara in Sabina, where the photograph shown underneath is believed to have been taken.
After being held in a POW camp at Bari he was transferred to Fara in Sabina, where the photograph shown underneath is believed to have been taken.
Sergeant Hollingsworth (see above)
Killed in the bombing of the train, he has no known grave. He is remembered on the War Memorial at El Alamein
242989 Private Vere Gardner Natal Mounted Rifles
His friend Stan Wainer has written this about Vere:
I met Vere for the first time since leaving Umbogintwini in a place called El Adem...Uniquely, our battery had been issued gin that week. After a couple of mugs of this and murky well water, and a fair amount of reminiscences, Vere moved off from our site towards dusk.
On the next occasion he was standing with a group at the entrance to the Swani-ben-Adem POW camp outside Tripoli, watching the hundreds of new arrivals from Benghazi camp. He spotted me and smiled his wide boyish smile that greeted me and said, 'So you're also in the bag'. He took me to his doss place, a sandy rise dotted with scrub, and he told me about the fleas. The camp had been a carrier-camel resting area and the animals' vermin had bred for ages in that dry sand. They were not especially noticeable during the day, when the sun's heat kept them down, but at nightfall they emerged in multitudes and their presence was a torture...
Stan's description of the blast which killed Vere can be read on the page 'The Train'
Looking back, if Jimmy Culverwell had not carried a knife, the train would have passed through Orvieto before the bombing attack took place. Vere and the rest of us would have gone through to Germany, and returned home after that country's collapse. How overjoyed Vere would have been to return to his family, his mum especially. She was, I can remember from boyhood days, a most sweet-natured lady and a gentle mother.
Letter from Stan Wainer to his friend Ken 1979 (Audrey Portman)
I met Vere for the first time since leaving Umbogintwini in a place called El Adem...Uniquely, our battery had been issued gin that week. After a couple of mugs of this and murky well water, and a fair amount of reminiscences, Vere moved off from our site towards dusk.
On the next occasion he was standing with a group at the entrance to the Swani-ben-Adem POW camp outside Tripoli, watching the hundreds of new arrivals from Benghazi camp. He spotted me and smiled his wide boyish smile that greeted me and said, 'So you're also in the bag'. He took me to his doss place, a sandy rise dotted with scrub, and he told me about the fleas. The camp had been a carrier-camel resting area and the animals' vermin had bred for ages in that dry sand. They were not especially noticeable during the day, when the sun's heat kept them down, but at nightfall they emerged in multitudes and their presence was a torture...
Stan's description of the blast which killed Vere can be read on the page 'The Train'
Looking back, if Jimmy Culverwell had not carried a knife, the train would have passed through Orvieto before the bombing attack took place. Vere and the rest of us would have gone through to Germany, and returned home after that country's collapse. How overjoyed Vere would have been to return to his family, his mum especially. She was, I can remember from boyhood days, a most sweet-natured lady and a gentle mother.
Letter from Stan Wainer to his friend Ken 1979 (Audrey Portman)
3126252 Fusilier George Cheyne Thomson
Fai clic qui per
4975608 Private Robert Crofts
Private Crofts' mess tin
4975608 Private Robert Crofts of 1 Battalion Sherwood Foresters was born on 30 August 1918 in Beighton, then part of Derbyshire but now in Sheffield, the fourth child of miner Robert Crofts and his wife Blanche Warren who had married in the Sheffield district in 1913. The family moved to the Rotherham area sometime between 1925 and 1931. Robert's father died in 1934 and his mother married Thomas Doyle in 1935. In January 1944 the family was living at 50 Nelson St, Maltby.
Private Crofts was captured during the Desert Campaign in June 1942. He was transported to Italy and held in POW Camp 66 at Capua before being transferred to POW Camp PG 54 at Fara in Sabina. Seriously injured in the bombing of the bridge at Allerona, his mother's name and address was one of only four which the priest don Miscetti of Monterubiaglio was able to collect before he was stopped at gunpoint by the Germans. Admitted intially to Orvieto hospital suffering from broken ribs and emphysema, on 7 February he was transferred by hospital train to Mantua hospital where he died on 23rd of the month. He is buried in Padua War Cemetery.
Recently a mess tin bearing his name and number has been discovered in the bushes about twenty metres away from the monument by engineer Fabio Roncella and his friend Stefano Brustenga. Following an article in the Sheffield Star contact has been made with Robert's great nephew Michael Ratcliffe. Michael says:
The story in the family is that Robert was shot by a German in the back trying to escape a prisoner of war camp and we thought that some nuns were looking after him and he died there...'
Robert's brother John, Michael's grandfather, was taken prisoner by the Japanese and put to work on the rail line just down from the bridge over the River Kwai.
Private Crofts was captured during the Desert Campaign in June 1942. He was transported to Italy and held in POW Camp 66 at Capua before being transferred to POW Camp PG 54 at Fara in Sabina. Seriously injured in the bombing of the bridge at Allerona, his mother's name and address was one of only four which the priest don Miscetti of Monterubiaglio was able to collect before he was stopped at gunpoint by the Germans. Admitted intially to Orvieto hospital suffering from broken ribs and emphysema, on 7 February he was transferred by hospital train to Mantua hospital where he died on 23rd of the month. He is buried in Padua War Cemetery.
Recently a mess tin bearing his name and number has been discovered in the bushes about twenty metres away from the monument by engineer Fabio Roncella and his friend Stefano Brustenga. Following an article in the Sheffield Star contact has been made with Robert's great nephew Michael Ratcliffe. Michael says:
The story in the family is that Robert was shot by a German in the back trying to escape a prisoner of war camp and we thought that some nuns were looking after him and he died there...'
Robert's brother John, Michael's grandfather, was taken prisoner by the Japanese and put to work on the rail line just down from the bridge over the River Kwai.
Thomas H Barber C/KX 85490 Leading Stoker Submarine Saracen
Fusilier John Wright and Corporal Sidney Couzens 2 Royal Scots Fusiliers
14515613 Fusilier John Kean was taken prisoner on 17 January on the Garigliano. He escaped from the train and was not recaptured. After having been looked after by a local farming family for a while he set off on his own to reach the Allied Lines and was successful, crossing some snow-covered mountains in the process. On 17 September 1944 in Leeds he testified to the fact that Fusilier John Wright and Corporal Sidney Couzens had boarded the train with him and were uninjured at the time. (WO 361/668) They are among the dead.
2664407 Guardsman Robert Harold Broughton 3 Coldstream Guards
Guardsman Robert Harold Broughton was mortally injured and taken to Orvieto Civil Hospital, where he died. He was buried in Orvieto Civil Cemetery and transferred from there to BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY on 25 April 1945.
He lies buried in Section 1, Row E, plot 21 next to
5568468 Corporal Hubert Frank Draper. 2 Wiltshire Regiment
and
47441156 Private Harston Francis Horace 6 York and Lancaster Regiment.
He lies buried in Section 1, Row E, plot 21 next to
5568468 Corporal Hubert Frank Draper. 2 Wiltshire Regiment
and
47441156 Private Harston Francis Horace 6 York and Lancaster Regiment.
It would appear that this letter, and presumably others sent out to the families whose relative had died in hospital in Orvieto, represented the first occasion on which the bombing of the bridge was referred to.
14563438 Private Thomas Swinton Robertson Gordon Highlanders (1 The London Scottish)
KILLED DURING THE BOMBING
KILLED DURING THE BOMBING