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Topic: Escape and Evasion reports (Read 4180 times)
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annsa
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Hi,
There might be a report filed in one of the WO208 or WO344 series. There is an card index to some of those in the National Archives, however, some of the latter series Liberation reports are as yet not fully indexed and so you may have to wade through quite a lot of files to find anything and that can take hours!!
It may well be worth while trying the National Archives of Australia as there might be a debriefing report held by them if they were taken to Australia.
Sorry to be a bit vague, but generally I have looked at European escapers/evaders/liberated servicemen and am not sure whether Far East ones are held in a different series. Brian may well be able to answer this one as he has looked at a lot more files than I have!!
Alternatively you could try searching PROCAT, the report, if there is one, should be in the WO series of files, or e mail the NA and see if anyone can point you in the right direction. You may well find something but not all the reports have survived intact with all their appendices and so you may only get minimal info.
Hope that helps a little bit.
All the best,
Ann
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themonsstar
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You could try a book called 'Singapore's Dunkirk' the aftermath of the fall of Singapore, by Geoffrey Brooke.Published by Leo Cooper in 2003, ISBN o-85052-971-9
The Book tells of some of the remarkable and shocking experiences that lay in store for those who chose this option. The only way out was by sea and every sort of craft was pressed into service. Ahead lay terrible dangers; storms, shipwreck, piracy,capture by a merciless enemy, starvation and death through lack of water to name but some.
The Book is written by one who did himself escape.
Geoffrey Brooke joined the RN as a Dartmouth cadet in 1934, he was serving in the battleship Prince of Wales when she was sunk by the Japs on 10 Dec 1941, He escaped from Singapore at the fall, only to be sunk again eventually making Ceylon in a Malay prauw after 37 days at sea. He later took part in the North African Landings.
The book is a very good read if you are looking for storys on the escapes from Singapore.
PM me I have a used copy of sale
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cassandra123
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My mothers brother was captured at the fall of Singapore, first sent to Changi and then onto the Burma Railway.
Came be a totally destroyed man. he was simply a bag of bones when I saw him come down the gangplank when they docked back in Liverpool.
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ADM199
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Thanks for this Ann. Interestingly, the first image of the TNA WO208/3313 - Escape/Evasion Reports: Code MI9/SPG: 1162-1293, dated 1943 lists Marine Sparks at the top of the list. He was one of the original Cockleshell Heroes, the forerunner of the modern day SBS. http://www.royalmarinesregimental.co.uk/histcockmain.htmlThudders
if you look at later releases you will find appendix B to that report. These were extracted from the original, but are now open. As you appear to have looked at the original you will know the files are indexed in reverse.
I have produced Catalogues by name of all the E & E Reports.
Brian
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Prisoners of War. North Africa,Italy and Germany
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dorset901
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Dear Ann, can you tell me if there is such a list for WW 1?
Have a ancester who did just that.
Regards dorsetlad
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Family History, for Roberts, Vaughan, Edwards, Slack, Rawson, Sharp, Rea, Bedford. Millner, Freeman,
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annsa
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Hi,
Not sure about WW1 records I suppose there might well have been E&E reports. Perhaps it's a question to pose on the WW1 board.
Regards,
Ann
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dorset901
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Trying to get into the GREAT WAR FORUM, but they seem a little cautious?
It is a little strange that I have not heard of any other first WW escapees, have looked on the Web, even asked the Army Museum, very strange, will post a question on the WW 1 boards.
Cheers Tim.
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Family History, for Roberts, Vaughan, Edwards, Slack, Rawson, Sharp, Rea, Bedford. Millner, Freeman,
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Simon007
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Interesting project Brian. Is it still ongoing or is the research available somewhere ?
My grandfather, William Anderson, was a baker with the RASC, presumably supplying bread to the troops. For a long time I believed he had died in North Africa (as stated on his death certificate). However, I recently obtained information from the CICR (Red Cross) in Zurich that he had been taken POW by the Italians at Tobruk on 20th June 1942, transported to an Italian POW camp, at some point escaped, probably around September 1943 when the Italian Armistice was announced, was recaptured by the Germans on 16th January 1944 and was last seen on 28th January 1944 travelling from Italy to Germany on a train which was bombed by the Allies ! Is that bad luck or what ?
I doubt whether the Escape Reports would contain anything about William Anderson since he didn't return to tell his tale, but perhaps some of his comrades might have recorded his fate. Do you think it would be worth me searching the NA or would it be looking for a needle in a haystack ?
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