198 results found for: Prisoners of War (Pows)
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…as SCHINDLER and the silent unsung work of such people as the Briton Major FRANK FOLEY, whose unofficial contacts and initiative in disobeying officialdom saved hundreds, including Simon at age 8, after his mother’s visit to Berlin in the final couple of years before the war began and his father’s…
…returned weighing five and half stone from POW Camp in POLAND. Jack trained on CUMBERLAND, began war service on FORFAR, ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER on CONTRABAND CONTROL; remembering well the RAWALPINDI Incident to the north of them & going to “Action Stations”, getting good advice from a Gunlayer next to him…
…major event in the Allies’ pathway to victory in World War Two. Each individually hand-signed original, of Robert Taylor’s famous painting Battle of Britain VC, has been autographed by hundreds of extraordinary men and women. This mosaic of signatures captures, on single sheets of paper, the stories and actual presence…
…(219 Sqn) [1899-2001] (101)1~ #30 Gwilym LEWIS Wing Commander Gwilym LEWIS DFC (12 e/a) World War 1 Flying Ace. RFC & RAF, with 12 WW1 kills No.32 Sqn DH2s in France at 18, was last surviving WWI SE-5 fighter leader on No.40 Sqn, after Central Flying School Lieutenant Commander; WW2…
Web Development Ash Whitney Graphic Design Chris Heaton Assembly John Pollock | Michael J Hawkins | Claude Grunspan | David Wade | Charles CV Hyde | Frank Lennox-Millard Major Sources The Imperial War Museums British Pathe Wikipedia The Battle of Britain London Monument A Note on Other Sources & Credits:…
…In January 1945 he joined the staff of the School of Land/Air Warfare, and spent six weeks in Burma. He flew some operations in the Hurricanes of the Indian Air Force. He attended the Empire Test Pilots’ School and spent three years at Boscombe Down as a test pilot followed…