Documents
The documentation relating to the setting up of and modification of PG 82 can be found IN ITALIAN on website www.campifascisti.it. The important points contained in these documents have been translated and are as follows:
Setting up of the camp
The first document relating to the camp is dated 1 August 1942 and was sent to from the Prisoner of War Office to the War Cabinet. The camp had not yet been completed and a query had arisen as to its proximity to the railway line (Rome-Florence):
- the locality in which the camp in question is situated two and a half km. from the railway line as the crow flies, and 4 km. From Laterina Station
- the Royal Train does not usually stop at Laterina, but may do so on occasions, the last one being 29 April 1940. These stops are, in any case, kept secret.
- The matters raised in the document sent to this cabinet last month does not, according to the opinion of the minister concerned, justify renouncing the chosen site.
- The camp at Laterina – the laying out of which was begun on 20th last, does not figure among those to be converted into barracks at a later date.
- Campo 82 should be enlarged by means of a third sector consisting of barracks. This would bring the capacity up to 3,000 places per sector.
Subsequent enlargement
As the following chart shows, compiled from the monthly data reproduced on website www.campifascisti.it, actual numbers were below this capacity:
In November 1942 the first group of prisoners left PG 82 destined to work in a ceramics factory at Lappato near Lucca. Italian documents on website www.campifascisti.it indicate the number of men requested by the companies concerned, but the actual number working for these enterprises was much lower. It is believed that most men were employed in agriculture but where this is presumed and not certain the word appears in italics in the chart below:
17 November 1942
50 white South Africans are to be sent to the company Ceramica Lucchese, at Lappato (near Pisa) immediately. It should be borne in mind that:
- the prisoners should be of a sane constitution and without chronic illnesses. They will need to undergo a medical examination the results of which must be recorded on their individual record card
- preferably they should be volunteers with an excellent disciplinary record and should be qualified to operate in the trade in which they are to be employed
- they should all be in possession of footwear which is in perfect condition and also the clothing listed in list 'G' entitled 'Instructions regarding enemy prisoners'
- an interpreter will need to be allocated to the group, taken from those nationals presently held in PG 82, and his name should be passed on to these headquarters.
- Lappato work camp – in order to simplify administrative and disciplinary measures, shall function as a satellite camp of PG 82 , on which it will be dependent in all matters. Measures ,mus be taken to ensure that the main camp provides:
- Red Cross parcels and forms for correspondence
- repairs to shoes and clothing
- a distribution service for prisoners' correspondence, which will continue to be sent to the main camp
- contact with the accountancy department of the firm in question to ensure that all matters relating to the employment of the labour force (pay, contributions, personal accounts, taxes etc.) are satisfactorily dealt with
17 March 1943
War Office
Prisoner of War Section
For the attention of the Regional Office, Firenze (Florence) r.e Work Camp Lappato
From a recently carried out inspection, instigated by this office, of the work camp at Lappato in the premises of the Società Anonima Lucchese Ceramica ed Affini it was clear that the prisoners of war were working in close proximity with the civilian employees of both sexes.
Given that current regulations prohibit – both during and outside working hours – any such contact between prisoners and civilians, it is required that the company concerned shall strictly observe the rules, informing it that should it be impossible to eliminate these contacts entirely they should renounce the use of prisoners of war as a labour force.
(For an account of life in this work camp see the account of L/Cpl W.M. Stevens on the Camp Conditions page)
South African Prisoners sent to PG 120 Chiesanuova February 1943
Prisoner of War Office
6 February 1943
For the attention of Military District Florence, Transport System e Military District Treviso, and Campo Chiesanuova Padova
130 White South African farmworkers currently held in PG82 to be sent as a matter of urgency to detachment Saonara, railway station Padova, and Villa Vollemberg, railway station Abano Terme, both being sub camps of the Camp at Chiesanuova. The groups must be accompanied by interpreters.
The names are known of four South Africans who made this transfer -
9109 Rifleman Norman P. Norton Kaffrarian Rifles
9035 Rifleman Michael Bryant Kaffrarian Rifles
13938 Gunner D.V. Ford South African Artillery
109011 Gunner Eric J. Maunder South African Artillery
All four escaped at the time of the Armistice. Their stories can be read on the Testimonies page
Prisoners sent to Germany before the Italian Armistice (8 September 1943)
After the fall of Mussolini on 25 July 1943, in reply to a protest by Great Britain, the Government, run by his successor, Marshal Pietro Badoglio, gave an assurance that there would be no more such transfers, at the same time explaining that those already transferred had been originally captured by the German forces.
Below is a chart showing this information. In addition it gives camps other than PG 82 Laterina in which the men had been previously held (WO 392/21 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) and also their final destination according to WO 391/1 www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, which may not be 100per cent accurate. Further information about this transfer can be found in FO 916/692.
Army no. |
Rank |
Surname |
Unit |
Nationality |
Camp Italy |
Camp Germany/Poland |
942780 |
SIGNALMAN |
IBELL |
Royal Artillery |
British |
10 |
344 |
956187 |
GUNNER |
McCARTNEY |
Royal Artillery |
British |
10 |
344 |
4271900 |
DRIVER |
GRAVES |
Royal Signals |
British |
10 |
344 |
1421076 |
BQMS |
STEINHEUER |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
4131721 |
GUNNER |
ALEXANDER |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
6340845 |
DRIVER |
BOTLEY |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
807489 |
CORPORAL |
BROOMHEAD |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
965286 |
GUNNER |
BROWN |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
929362 |
GUNNER |
DAVISON |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
816024 |
GUNNER |
DAY |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
1642810 |
DRIVER |
DEMBRY |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
923839 |
DRIVER |
DRUMMOND |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
4131567 |
GUNNER |
DURKIN |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
889078 |
GUNNER |
ELLNER |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
1642813 |
GUNN ER |
FOGGIN |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
1524227 |
GUNNER |
FURNESS |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
867144 |
GUNNER |
HODGE |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
1754556 |
GUNNER |
HODGES |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
876908 |
L/BOMBARDIER |
HOLDING |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
938039 |
GUNNER |
JOHNSON |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
800162 |
BOMBARDIER |
MURPHY |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
1571784 |
PRIVATE |
RAVENHALL |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
895520 |
GUNNER |
SMITH |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
344 |
1870199 |
SERGEANT |
BIRD |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
2139331 |
DRIVER |
ASHCROFT |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
1892707 |
SAPPER |
CARTER |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
1907124 |
SAPPER |
GIFFORD-ENGLAND |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
1922854 |
SAPPER |
HAYNES |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
2213072 |
SAPPER |
HOBSON |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
1984397 |
L/CORPORAL |
HOUGHTON |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
1912155 |
SAPPER |
HUNT |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
2007969 |
SAPPER |
HURRELL |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
1908856 |
SAPPER |
JOYNSON |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
2007980 |
SAPPER |
KIRK |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
1984250 |
SAPPER |
LAWTON |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
2007934 |
SAPPER |
MORGAN |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
1887237 |
SAPPER |
PRIDMORE |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
2093946 |
SAPPER |
RAMSEY |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
2078941 |
L/CORPORAL |
SMITH |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
2114213 |
L/CORPORAL |
SMITH |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/205232 |
DRIVER |
ALDRIDGE |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
7912118 |
TROOPER |
ARNOLD |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/129596 |
DRIVER |
BARKER |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/182469 |
DRIVER |
DODD |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/189255 |
PRIVATE |
GORDON |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/170337 |
DRIVER |
HANNING |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
272659 |
DRIVER |
HARDAKER |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
184268 |
PRIVATE |
HEGERTY |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/267859 |
DRIVER |
HODGSON |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/219343 |
DRIVER |
HUGHES |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/207777 |
DRIVER |
JARMAN |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/98943 |
DRIVER |
JONES |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/65159 |
PRIVATE |
MAIMONE |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
889720 |
DRIVER |
SAUNDERS |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/224015 |
PRIVATE |
VOAKES |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
T/248554 |
DRIVER |
WILLIAMS |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
7639886 |
CRAFTSMAN |
BENNETT |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
7610484 |
PRIVATE |
BEVINGTON |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
7597676 |
CRAFTSMAN |
McGARRELL |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
7629053 |
CRAFTSMAN |
NEWEY |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
7630848 |
L/CORPORAL |
NICHOLSON |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
7617021 |
CRAFTSMAN |
OWEN |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
7610578 |
L/CORPORAL |
REID |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
7588889 |
PRIVATE |
SCARTH |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
7584712 |
CORPORAL |
STIRLING |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
54 |
344 |
7901591 |
PRIVATE |
POTTERTON |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
7627225 |
PRIVATE |
STEPHENS |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
7609911 |
PRIVATE |
TALBOT |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
7888749 |
TROOPER |
CLIFFORD |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
5251189 |
L/CORPORAL |
COLE |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
54 |
8B/344 |
7890095 |
TROOPER |
CROWE |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
882397 |
TROOPER |
HUNT |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
7890071 |
TROOPER |
JAMESON |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
6142150 |
L/CORPORAL |
LOCKE |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
1430059 |
TROOPER |
McNAB |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
7895995 |
TROOPER |
MOORE |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
7880209 |
CORPORAL |
OSBORNE |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
54 |
344 |
2361109 |
L/CORPORAL |
JAMES |
Royal Signals |
British |
54 |
344 |
2340051 |
SIGNALMAN |
POYNTON |
Royal Signals |
British |
54 |
344 |
2325536 |
L/CORPORAL |
WILLIAMSON |
Royal Signals |
British |
54 |
344 |
4390137 |
CORPORAL |
BOAGEY |
Green Howards |
British |
54 |
344 |
4392298 |
PRIVATE |
DAVIES |
Green Howards |
British |
54 |
344 |
4393656 |
PRIVATE |
JORDAN |
Green Howards |
British |
54 |
344 |
4393899 |
PRIVATE |
MILNES |
Green Howards |
British |
54 |
344 |
4807398 |
L/CORPORAL |
WALKER |
Green Howards |
British |
54 |
344 |
4393980 |
PRIVATE |
WEBSTER |
Green Howards |
British |
54 |
344 |
1444317 |
PRIVATE |
WHITE |
Green Howards |
British |
54 |
344 |
4344780 |
PRIVATE |
CALVERT |
East Yorkshire Regiment |
British |
54 |
344 |
4758515 |
PRIVATE |
GREEN |
Yorkshire and Lancashire Regiment |
British |
54 |
344 |
3714178 |
PRIVATE |
DRING |
Worcester Regiment |
British |
54 |
344 |
5253308 |
PRIVATE |
HERBERT |
Worcester Regiment |
British |
54 |
344 |
5251526 |
PRIVATE |
MERRY |
Worcester Regiment. |
British |
54 |
344 |
4855804 |
PRIVATE |
GIBBONS |
Sherwood Foresters |
British |
54 |
344 |
270089 |
DRIVER |
HECKELLS |
Sherwood Foresters |
British |
54 |
344 |
5436723 |
SERGEANT |
BLOOMFIELD |
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
British |
54 |
344 |
5436070 |
CORPORAL |
GIBBS |
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
British |
54 |
344 |
5437352 |
PRIVATE |
MATTHEWS |
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
British |
54 |
344 |
6019619 |
PRIVATE |
NORRIS |
Essex Regiment Regiment |
British |
54 |
344 |
5495633 |
CORPORAL |
HOUSE |
Cameron Highlanders |
British |
54 |
344 |
6206396 |
PRIVATE |
HUTCHINSON |
Cameron Highlanders |
British |
54 |
344 |
3320307 |
PRIVATE |
WISE |
Cameron Highlanders |
British |
54 |
344 |
4272960 |
FUSILIER |
HERON |
Northumberland Fusiliers |
British |
54 |
344 |
4271278 |
FUSILIER |
LANCASTER |
Northumberland Fusiliers |
British |
54 |
344 |
3911149 |
L/CORPORAL |
PAGET |
South Wales Borderers |
British |
54 |
344 |
2657549 |
GUARDSMAN |
WILLIAMS |
Coldstream Guards |
British |
54 |
344 |
192195 |
SAPPER |
ASBURY |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
141309 |
SAPPER |
BLEWETT |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
2522 |
SAPPER |
BOWETT |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
2654 |
SAPPER |
CRAMPTON |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
192213 |
SAPPER |
EDGAR |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
221796 |
SAPPER |
EVANS |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
141778 |
SAPPER |
FELLOWS |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
190967 |
SAPPER |
FISH |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
193182 |
SAPPER |
FOLLEY |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
141115 |
CORPORAL |
GAMBLE |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
192231 |
SAPPER |
HOBBS |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
192601 |
SAPPER |
LOUBSER |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
12481 |
SAPPER |
McALL |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
225781 |
TROOPER |
NORMAN |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
178180 |
TROOPER |
PALMER |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
39634 |
SAPPER |
VAN RENSBURG |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
192297 |
SAPPER |
WATSON |
|
South African |
54 |
344 |
7638529 |
PRIVATE |
BEEDHAM |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
60 |
344 |
5257085 |
PRIVATE |
PLANT |
Worcester Regiment. |
British |
65 |
344 |
813769 |
GUNNER |
LAWRENCE. |
Royal Artillery |
British |
66 |
344 |
959731 |
GUNNER |
MACHIN |
Royal Artillery |
British |
66 |
8B/344 |
2052975 |
GUNNER |
SHORT |
Royal Artillery |
British |
66 |
344 |
1890296 |
SAPPER |
CHAPMAN |
Royal Engineers |
British |
66 |
344 |
1986523 |
SAPPER |
DALY |
Royal Engineers |
British |
66 |
344 |
2130907 |
SAPPER |
IRISH |
Royal Engineers |
British |
66 |
344 |
1923127 |
SAPPER |
JONES |
Royal Engineers |
British |
66 |
344 |
4388882 |
PRIVATE |
ATKINS |
Green Howards |
British |
66 |
344 |
4752133 |
PRIVATE |
BOWEN |
Green Howards |
British |
66 |
344 |
4749255 |
PRIVATE |
COLLEY |
Green Howards |
British |
66 |
344 |
6925270 |
PRIVATE |
ELINS |
Rifle Brigade |
British |
66 |
344 |
7022239 |
CORPORAL |
BLAIR |
Royal Ulster Rifles |
British |
66 |
344 |
7022261 |
PRIVATE |
DEVERY |
Royal Ulster Rifles |
British |
66 |
344 |
4986629 |
PRIVATE |
FRETWELL |
Sherwood Foresters |
British |
66 |
344 |
4986709 |
L/CORPORAL |
SANSOM |
Sherwood Foresters |
British |
66 |
344 |
4986715 |
PRIVATE |
SHAW |
Sherwood Foresters |
British |
66 |
344 |
5512098 |
PRIVATE |
GARDINER |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
66 |
344 |
5501963 |
CORPORAL |
PARKER |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
66 |
344 |
6855097 |
PRIVATE |
POPE |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
66 |
344 |
5511762 |
PRIVATE |
SMITH |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
66 |
344 |
45695 |
CORPORAL |
CLOETE |
|
South African |
66 |
344 |
2115 |
PRIVATE |
FEARN |
|
South African |
66 |
344 |
918811 |
GUNNER |
BLOWERS |
Royal Artillery |
British |
75 |
344 |
950751 |
GUNNER |
BOLTON |
Royal Artillery |
British |
75 |
344 |
945408 |
GUNNER |
BOLTON |
Royal Artillery |
British |
75 |
344 |
966027 |
GUNNER |
TURNOCK |
Royal Artillery |
British |
75 |
344 |
2002064 |
SAPPER |
MOORE |
Royal Engineers |
British |
75 |
344 |
7622496 |
PRIVATE |
LEAK |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
British |
75 |
344 |
5123492 |
TROOPER |
FRENCH |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
75 |
344 |
130981 |
TROOPER |
WOULD |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
75 |
344 |
5250825 |
PRIVATE |
BATES |
Worcester Regiment |
British |
75 |
344 |
5254069 |
PRIVATE |
JONES |
Worcester Regiment. |
British |
75 |
344 |
6011384 |
PRIVATE |
BEATWELL |
Essex Regiment |
British |
75 |
344 |
601982? |
PRIVATE |
CLULOW |
Essex Regiment |
British |
75 |
344 |
4037234 |
PRIVATE |
HILL |
Durham Light Infantry |
British |
75 |
344 |
4037410 |
PRIVATE |
TAYLOR |
Durham Light Infantry |
British |
75 |
344 |
4346374 |
PRIVATE |
SHARP |
East Yorkshire Regiment |
British |
75 |
344 |
1817425 |
GUNNER |
BOWDEN |
Royal Artillery |
British |
77 |
344 |
1906406 |
SAPPER |
GIBBONS |
Royal Engineers |
British |
77 |
344 |
1907091 |
SAPPER |
GUTHERLESS |
Royal Engineers |
British |
77 |
344 |
7617002 |
PRIVATE |
CODRAI |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
77 |
344 |
3709779 |
CORPORAL |
HUTCHINSON |
Royal Signals |
British |
77 |
344 |
318924 |
L/CORPORAL |
HORTON |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
77 |
344 |
2928699 |
CORPORAL |
TURNER |
Cameron Highlanders |
British |
77 |
344 |
906579 |
GUNNER |
KELSHAW |
Royal Artillery |
British |
82 |
344 |
3064951 |
L/BOMBARDIER |
KING |
Royal Artillery |
British |
82 |
344 |
927113 |
GUNNER |
NEWBOLD |
Royal Artillery |
British |
82 |
344 |
895128 |
GUNNER |
SANDERSON |
Royal Artillery |
British |
82 |
344 |
T/149095 |
DRIVER |
BARROW |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
82 |
344 |
7614564 |
L/CORPORAL |
SELLARS |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
British |
82 |
344 |
7902468 |
TROOPER |
GOODCHILD |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
82 |
344 |
555650 |
L/CORPORAL |
GREEN |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
82 |
344 |
2571675 |
CORPORAL |
KELLY |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
82 |
344 |
7938932 |
TROOPER |
ROBERTS |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
82 |
344 |
7912283 |
TROOPER |
SIBLEY |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
82 |
344 |
111664 |
L/CORPORAL |
MITCHELL |
Royal Signals |
British |
82 |
344 |
3782568 |
DRIVER |
CHARNLEY |
Army Air Corps |
British |
82 |
344 |
4345403 |
L/ CORPORAL |
BLOOM |
East Yorkshire Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
4341671 |
PRIVATE |
ATKINSON |
East Yorkshire Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
849742 |
PRIVATE |
ADAMS |
Green Howards |
British |
82 |
344 |
4393511 |
CORPORAL |
ALLEN |
Green Howards |
British |
82 |
344 |
4751618 |
PRIVATE |
CLARK |
Green Howards |
British |
82 |
344 |
4749535 |
PRIVATE |
DELANEY |
Green Howards |
British |
82 |
344 |
4749401 |
CORPORAL |
DUNSFORD |
Green Howards |
British |
82 |
344 |
4749268 |
PRIVATE |
EVANS |
Green Howards |
British |
82 |
344 |
4392186 |
PRIVATE |
NUGENT |
Green Howards |
British |
82 |
344 |
4805193 |
CORPORAL |
HACKETT |
Lincolnshire Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
14209632 |
PRIVATE |
ROBERTS |
Lincolnshire Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
14204427 |
PRIVATE |
NUNN |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
6011742 |
PRIVATE |
BROWN |
Essex Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
6016752 |
PRIVATE |
CLARK |
Essex Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
6019069 |
PRIVATE |
DUNKIN |
Essex Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
6018516 |
PRIVATE |
JEROME |
Essex Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
6021522 |
PRIVATE |
JONES |
Essex Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
6021559 |
PRIVATE |
LECKIE |
Essex Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
6019647 |
PRIVATE |
RUSSELL |
Essex Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
6012592 |
CORPORAL |
TAGG |
Essex Regiment |
British |
82 |
344 |
2616085 |
GUARDSMAN |
BOSTOCK |
Grenadier Guards |
British |
82 |
344 |
2664359 |
GUARDSMAN |
BUNDOCK |
Coldstream Guards |
British |
82 |
344 |
2660818 |
GUARDSMAN |
KINSEY |
Coldstream Guards |
British |
82 |
344 |
5045198 |
GUARDSMAN |
MELLOR |
Grenadier Guards |
British |
82 |
344 |
4801074 |
GUARDSMAN |
WATSON |
Coldstream Guards |
British |
82 |
344 |
2663280 |
GUARDSMAN |
WILSON |
Coldstream Guards |
British |
82 |
344 |
6969264 |
PRIVATE |
PITT |
Rifle Brigade |
British |
82 |
344 |
4455801 |
CORPORAL |
WILKINSON |
Durham Light Infantry |
British |
82 |
344 |
4034216 |
PRIVATE |
LEE |
Durham Light Infantry |
British |
82 |
344 |
3909178 |
PRIVATE |
WALLACE |
South Wales Borderers |
British |
82 |
344 |
2823630 |
PRIVATE |
McLENNAN |
Cameron Highlanders |
British |
82 |
344 |
4132553 |
PRIVATE |
EDWARDS |
Cheshire Regiment |
British |
98 |
344 |
14203863 |
PRIVATE |
WILSON |
E. Surrey |
British |
98 |
344 |
221741 |
SAPPER |
ELLETT |
|
South African |
107 |
344 |
958357 |
GUNNER |
BROCK |
Royal Artillery |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
822538 |
SERGEANT |
CASHMORE |
Royal Artillery |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
1747461 |
GUNNER |
COOPER |
Royal Artillery |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
1506127 |
GUNNER |
HICKS |
Royal Artillery |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
1738675 |
GUNNER |
PARRY |
Royal Artillery |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
1948547 |
SAPPER |
SHOWELL |
Royal Engineers |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
1905852 |
SAPPER |
PATTERSON |
Royal Engineers |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
10602786 |
TROOPER |
RAMSEY |
Recce Corps |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
2345300 |
SIGNALMAN |
WILDMAN |
Royal Signals |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
7632954 |
PRIVATE |
URQUHART |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
7939182 |
TROOPER |
AUTON |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
7889094 |
TROOPER |
HAYNES |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
550172 |
L/CORPORAL |
HYDE |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
5442631 |
PRIVATE |
BENNING |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
55112317 |
PRIVATE |
BENSON |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
14207738 |
PRIVATE |
BIRKS |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
5499145 |
PRIVATE |
BOOTH |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
14203954 |
PRIVATE |
BURTON |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
14207240 |
PRIVATE |
CLAYDON |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
14204168 |
PRIVATE |
GRIFFITHS |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
5503884 |
PRIVATE |
HADLEY |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
5393240 |
PRIVATE |
JAMES |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
14208509 |
PRIVATE |
LEVERTON |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
5202992 |
PRIVATE |
LOUGHTON |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
5498971 |
L/CORPORAL |
MILLWARD |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
5495640 |
L/CORPORAL |
STURGESS |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
6478411 |
DRIVER |
BULPIT |
Royal Fusiliers |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
4986627 |
PRIVATE |
FOSTER |
Sherwood Foresters |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
6016849 |
PRIVATE |
HARRINGTON |
Essex Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
8B/344 |
6014604 |
PRIVATE |
FITCH |
Essex Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
4469530 |
PRIVATE |
HAMILTON |
Durham Light Infantry |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
4037319 |
L/CORPORAL |
JONES |
Durham Light Infantry |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
4469629 |
PRIVATE |
ROGERSON |
Durham Light Infantry |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
4469671 |
PRIVATE |
TAYLOR |
Durham Light Infantry |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
2619848 |
PRIVATE |
BRACEY |
Grenadier Guards |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
2622083 |
GUARDSMSAN |
STEVENS |
Grenadier Guards |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
4269677 |
FUSILIER |
McINTYRE |
Northumberland Fusiliers |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
4544678 |
FUSILIER |
CARR |
Lancashire Fusiliers |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
3461386 |
FUSILIER |
MOORST |
Lancashire Fusiliers |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
3461364 |
FUSILIER |
TYSON |
Lancashire Fusiliers |
British |
No camp given |
344 |
1940341 |
SAPPER |
JONES |
Royal Engineers |
British |
H202 |
344 |
7901895 |
L/CORPORAL |
KIRBY |
Royal Armoured Corps |
British |
H202 |
344 |
7684618 |
L/CORPORAL |
BURRELL |
Corps of Military Police |
British |
H202 |
344 |
5892191 |
PRIVATE |
RICKETT |
Northamptonshire Regiment |
British |
H206 |
344 |
6148334 |
PRIVATE |
RIDGERS |
E. Surrey |
British |
H206 |
344 |
2009112 |
SAPPER |
DYER |
Royal Engineers |
British |
Hospital Parma |
344 |
2366198 |
SIGNALMAN |
GELLATELY |
Royal Signals |
British |
Hospital Piacenza |
344 |
2565324 |
GUNNER |
PATRICK |
Royal Artillery |
British |
Hospital Caserta |
344 |
6014927 |
PRIVATE |
BASHAM |
Essex Regiment |
British |
Not in list |
344 |
5565591 |
SAPPER |
EDWARDS |
Royal Engineers |
British |
Not in list |
344 |
1889819 |
SAPPER |
MIDDLETON |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
4B |
2324833 |
DRIVER |
TITTLE |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
4B |
2121795 |
SAPPER |
NICOLSON |
Royal Engineers |
British |
75 |
4B |
4986641 |
PRIVATE |
HAYDEN |
Sherwood Foresters |
British |
No camp given |
4B |
2002063 |
SAPPER |
BROTHERTON |
Royal Engineers |
British |
No camp given |
4B |
T/89271 |
PRIVATE |
LAMB |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
No camp given |
4B |
7627000 |
PRIVATE |
KILLER |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
British |
No camp given |
4B |
127368 |
SAPPER |
BELL |
|
South African |
No camp given |
O79 |
5724430 |
PRIVATE |
JANNAWAY |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
82 |
4D |
6025873 |
PRIVATE |
EVANS |
Essex Regiment |
British |
82 |
4DZ |
843913 |
BOMBARDIER |
COUTTS |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
8A |
4390864 |
L/SERGEANT |
EVERINGHAM |
Green Howards |
British |
66 |
8A |
5495731 |
SERGEANT |
MAYELL |
Hampshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
8A |
5886850 |
PRIVATE |
SANDERS |
Northamptonshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
17A |
2928364 |
L/CORPORAL |
CROZIER |
Cameron Highlanders |
British |
77 |
21A |
3767425 |
L/ CORPORAL |
BARKER |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
82 |
357 |
4392090 |
PRIVATE |
GRAINGER |
Green Howards |
British |
No camp given |
Not in list |
1476672 |
GUNNER |
CAIRNS |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
No camp given |
1616420 |
GUNNER |
FARMER |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
No camp given |
1583588 |
GUNNER |
FREEMAN |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
No camp given |
936564 |
GUNNER |
STRATTON |
Royal Artillery |
British |
54 |
No camp given |
4278563 |
PRIVATE |
SCOTT |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
British |
54 |
No camp given |
87294 |
DRIVER |
SIMPSON |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
54 |
No camp given |
2144571 |
SAPPER |
SNEDDON |
Royal Engineers |
British |
54 |
No camp given |
7592056 |
CRAFTSMAN |
LATHAM |
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
British |
54 |
No camp given |
2928920 |
PRIVATE |
TAGGART |
Cameron Highlanders |
British |
54 |
No camp given |
1465110 |
L/BOMBARDIER |
GOUGH |
Royal Artillery |
British |
66 |
No camp given |
856105 |
GUNNER |
WARD |
Royal Artillery |
British |
66 |
No camp given |
4986639 |
PRIVATE |
HASLAM |
Sherwood Foresters |
British |
66 |
No camp given |
14208401 |
PRIVATE |
WILSON |
Leicestershire Regiment |
.British |
66 |
No camp given |
7343831 |
GUNNER |
WEBB |
Royal Artillery |
British |
66 |
No camp given |
1626104 |
BOMBARDIER |
WATERS |
Royal Artillery |
British |
75 |
No camp given |
872987 |
GUNNER |
LAWRENCE |
Royal Artillery |
British |
82 |
No camp given |
251328 |
DRIVER |
LITTLE |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
82 |
No camp given |
60960 |
DRIVER |
ROSE |
Royal Army Service Corps |
British |
82 |
No camp given |
2040621 |
CORPORAL |
WILTSHIRE |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
British |
82 |
No camp given |
761872 |
CORPORAL |
MAYS |
Royal Signals |
British |
82 |
No camp given |
2621128 |
GUARDSMAN |
WISE |
Coldstream Guards |
British |
82 |
No camp given |
14208355 |
PRIVATE |
WARD |
Leicestershire Regiment |
British |
82 |
No camp given |
4914494 |
PRIVATE |
STOKES |
Worcester Regiment |
British |
98 |
No camp given |
884984 |
GUNNER |
YOUNGER |
Royal Artillery |
British |
C |
No camp given |
938371 |
GUNNER |
HATFIELD |
Royal Artillery |
British |
H202 |
No camp given |
1542500 |
GUNNER |
MELHUISH |
Royal Artillery |
British |
No camp given |
No camp given |
1091389 |
GUNNER |
TANNER |
Royal Artillery |
British |
No camp given |
No camp given |
1602762 |
GUNNER |
TILBY |
Royal Artillery |
British |
No camp given |
No camp given |
860464 |
GUNNER |
TUCKER |
Royal Artillery |
British |
No camp given |
No camp given |
7626976 |
PRIVATE |
TRACEY |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
British |
No camp given |
No camp given |
2363190 |
SIGNALMAN |
WIGNALL |
Royal Signals |
Canadian |
No camp given |
No camp given |
5952468 |
PRIVATE |
GOODMAN |
Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
No camp given |
4867931 |
PRIVATE |
GRAVES |
Leicestershire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
No camp given |
4862964 |
PRIVATE |
SANDHAM |
Leicestershire Regiment |
British |
No camp given |
No camp given |
2622171 |
GUARDSMAN |
MARSHALL |
Grenadier Guards |
British |
No camp given |
No camp given |
The National Archives located a Kew, London, contain some important material relating to Camp PG 82. Here is a list of the relevant files:
Reports on conditions in the camp by the Swiss Legation
General War Crimes Papers World War II Judge Advocate General's Office War Crimes Group (all dealing with the Forced March of June 1944) Camp PG 82 Laterina Italy. Ill treatment of Allied POWs Trial of Colonello Teodorico Citerni |
WO 224/135
TS 26/785 TS 26/295 TS 26/527 WO 309/1798, WO 309/1799, WO 309/1800 WO 310/12 WO 311/679 WO 311/314 WO 235/147 |
Janet Kinrade Dethick October 2016
Two soldiers belonging to the Royal Army Service Corps were recommended for the Military Medal after a series of post- Armistice Escapes, the final one in each case being from LATERINA
The National Archives: WO 373/64/572:
T/230944 Corporal HART, Forrester, R.A.S.C. Platoon, att. 68 Med. Regt. R.A.
Cpl. HART was captured at TOBRUK on 22 Jun. 42. On 12 February 43 he escaped alone from GRAVINA (Camp 65 Italy) by cutting the wIre at night, but was recaptured 5 days later on the beach near BARI. At the time of the Italian Armistice he was at MACERATA (Camp 53) and on 18 Sept. was entrained for transfer to Germany. Hart discovered that the truck was not securely fastened and, although the senior N.C.O. forbade him to escape, jumped onto the line. Recaptured within forty-eight hours HART was again entrained for GERMANY. With a paratrooper he escaped through the window of the truck and travelled to MONTALTO ( di Cessapalombo in the Marche Region). During February 44 Hart was again caught by the Germans. He was taken to a temporary prison at ASCOLI, but managed to leave through a a third storey window whilst only one guard was on duty. He returned to MONTALTO and stayed with a partisan band until the end of March 1944. Captured by Fascists at VALLESANTO on 5 April 1944, HART remained in prison until the middle of June 1944. When the Germans evacuated LATERINA camp HART hid in a tree for 11 hours; descending after their departure, he went to PONTENANO to serve with a rebel unit. On 27 July HART met British forces at SAN GIUSTINO.
Recommended for the award of the Military Medal
The National Archives WO 373/64
4752153 Private ANKERS, Leslie, 4 Green Howards, 50 Division
Pte. ANKERS was captured at Gazala on 1 June 42 and was released form AQUILA (Camp 102) on 19 Sept. 43. After spending two months at COLLE CASTAGNA he and another prisoner tried to cross the lines; they had reached the SANGRO river when they were caught by two Germans. During tranfer to Germany the train stopped at a small station near Lake TRASIMENO and some of the prisoners were allowed to obtain a drink from the fountain on the platform. Ankers detached himself from the crowd, broke into a storeroom and, carrying a bag of cement, left the station unchallenged in spite of the fact that he was wearing battle-dress. He returned to COLLE CASTAGNA, leaving at the end of April for another attempt to cross the lines. With three companions (one of them was a deserter from the German army) crossed a minefield and, reaching the coast, embarked on a rowing boat. Their departure had been noticed and before they were out of range a Verey light revealed their exact position and they were compelled to return. The German deserter succeeded in escaping, but the three Allied servicemen were sent to LATERINA (Camp 82). At the beginning of June 44, when being marched to MONTEVARCHI, Ankers slipped away from the column. On 14 June he met French forces near MONTE S. MARIA.
Recommended for the award of the Military Medal.