20. John Leeming, Always To-Morrow (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951), p. 119
21. Ibid: p. 120
22. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 75
23. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 291
24. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Happy Odyssey (London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950), p. 199
25. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 76
26. ‘Brief Narrative of Events at the British Generals’ Prisoner of War Camps in Italy, Apl. 1941 to Sept. 1943’ (unpublished), private papers of Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Neame
27. Ibid.
28. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 291
29. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Happy Odyssey (London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950), p. 198
30. John Leeming, Always To-Morrow (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951), p. 124
31. Ibid.
32. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 292
33. Ibid.
34. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Happy Odyssey (London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950), pp. 199–200
35. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 76
36. ‘Camp for British Generals at Vincigliata’, Red Cross Report, 29 November 1941’, WO 32/10706 (The National Archives [Public Record Office], Kew)
Chapter 9
1. John Leeming, Always To-Morrow (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951), p. 129
2. Ibid: p. 130
3. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 79
4. John Leeming, Always To-Morrow (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951), p. 133
5. Ibid.
6. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
7. John Leeming, Always To-Morrow (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951), p. 134
8. Ibid: p. 135
9. Ibid: p. 135
10. ‘Report of Captain Leonardo Trippi’, Assistant Military Attaché, Swiss Legation, Rome, 3 June 1942, WO 32/10706 (The National Archives [Public Record Office], Kew)
11. John Leeming, Always To-Morrow (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951), p. 136
12. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 86
13. Ibid: p. 87
14. Ibid: p. 88
15. Ibid: p. 88
16. Ibid: p. 90
17. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 294
18. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 90
19. Ibid: p. 91
20. Ibid: p. 92
21. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 294
22. John Leeming, Always To-Morrow (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951), p. 150
23. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 294
24. John Leeming, Always To-Morrow (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951), p. 150
Chapter 10
1. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. John Leeming, Always To-Morrow (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951), p. 152
9. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. John Leeming, Always To-Morrow (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951), p. 154
19. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
20. ‘De Wiart tells how they dug a tunnel for seven months’ by Stuart Gelder, News Chronicle, 27 January 1944, front page
21. John Leeming, Always To-Morrow (London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1951), p. 157
22. Lieutenant-General P. Neame to the Protecting Power, 14 May 1942, WO 32/10706 (The National Archives [Public Record Office], Kew)
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 292
27. ‘Memorandum from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Swiss Legation Rome, 25 July 1942’, WO 32/10706 (The National Archives [Public Record Office], Kew)
28. Ibid.
29. ‘War Office (Directorate of Prisoners of War) to the Foreign Office (Prisoners of War Department): Treatment of British Generals in Italian Hands’, November 1942, WO 32/10706 (The National Archives [Public Record Office], Kew)
30. John Baynes, The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O’Connor (London: Brassey’s, 1989), p. 147
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid.
33. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 293
34. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
Chapter 11
1. John Baynes, The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O’Connor (London: Brassey’s, 1989), p. 147
2. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
3. John Baynes, The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O’Connor (London: Brassey’s, 1989), p. 147
4. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 293
5. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Happy Odyssey (London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950), p. 205
6. John Baynes, The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O’Connor (London: Brassey’s, 1989), p. 147
7. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
8. ‘Brief Narrative of Events at the British Generals’ Prisoner of War Camps in Italy, Apl. 1941 to Sept. 1943’ (unpublished), private papers of Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Neame
9. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
10. John Baynes, The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O’Connor (London: Brassey’s, 1989), p. 148
11. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
12. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 293
13. John Baynes, The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O’Connor (London: Brassey’s, 1989), p. 148
14. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
15. John Baynes, The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O’Connor (London: Brassey’s, 1989), p. 148
16. ‘Escape Narrative’ by Genera
l Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
17. Ibid.
18. John Baynes, The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O’Connor (London: Brassey’s, 1989), p. 148
19. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
20. ‘Brief Narrative of Events at the British Generals’ Prisoner of War Camps in Italy, Apl. 1941 to Sept. 1943’ (unpublished), private papers of Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Neame
21. ‘Report No. 4 on Inspection of Prisoners of War Camp No. 12’, 15 October 1942, WO 32/10706 (The National Archives [Public Record Office], Kew)
22. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 295
23. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Happy Odyssey (London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950), p. 207
24. Ibid: p. 207
25. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
26. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 295
27. Ibid: p. 295
28. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 104
29. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 296
30. Ibid: p. 296
31. Ibid: p. 296
32. John Baynes, The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O’Connor (London: Brassey’s, 1989), p. 151
33. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 296
34. Ibid: p. 297
35. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 104
36. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 297
37. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 105
38. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Happy Odyssey (London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950), p. 207
39. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), pp. 104–5
40. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
41. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 106
42. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
43. Ibid.
44. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 298
45. Ibid: 299
46. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
47. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 298
48. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
49. Ibid.
50. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 108
51. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
52. Brigadier E.J. Todhunter to Mr B.E. Todhunter, 7 October 1942
53. Ibid.
54. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
55. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 299
56. Ibid: p. 300
57. Ibid: p. 299
Chapter 12
1. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 301
2. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
3. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), pp. 114–15
4. Ibid: p. 115
5. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 300
6. Ibid.
7. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
8. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 301
9. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Happy Odyssey (London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950), p. 209
10. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 301
11. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Happy Odyssey (London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950), p. 209
12. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
13. Brigadier E.J. Todhunter to Mr B.E. Todhunter, 7 November 1942
14. Brigadier E.J. Todhunter to Mrs Todhunter, 19 December 1942
15. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 300
16. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
17. Brigadier E.J. Todhunter to Mr B.E. Todhunter, 2 January 1943
18. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 114
19. Brigadier E.J. Todhunter to Mr B.E. Todhunter, 2 January 1943
20. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 120
21. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Happy Odyssey (London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950), p. 210
22. War Office (Directorate of Prisoners of War) to the Foreign Office (Prisoners of War Department), ‘Treatment of British Generals in Italian Hands’, November 1942, WO 32/10706, (The National Archives [Public Record Office], Kew)
23. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
24. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 120
25. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
26. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Happy Odyssey (London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950), p. 212
27. Ibid.
28. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
29. Ibid.
30. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 116
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid.
33. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
34. Ibid.
35. Ibid.
36. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 301
37. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
Chapter 13
1. James Hargest,
Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 119
2. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 302
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 121
6. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 304
7. War Office (Directorate of Prisoners of War) to the Foreign Office (Prisoners of War Department): ‘Treatment of British Generals in Italian Hands’, November 1942, WO 32/10706 (The National Archives [Public Record Office], Kew)
8. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
9. ‘De Wiart tells how they dug a tunnel for seven months’ by Stuart Gelder, News Chronicle, 27 January 1944, front page
10. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
11. Ibid.
12. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 122
13. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 304
14. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
15. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 122
16. ‘Escape Narrative’ by General Sir Richard O’Connor (OCONNOR 4/5/1 1941 Apr–1943 Apr), Liddell Hart Centre for Military History, King’s College London
17. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 122
18. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 305
19. Ibid.
20. Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Happy Odyssey (London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1950), pp. 213–14
21. Sir Philip Neame, Playing With Strife: The Autobiography of a Soldier (London: George G. Harrap & Sons Ltd, 1947), p. 305
22. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 119
23. Ibid: p. 124
Chapter 14
1. James Hargest, Farewell Campo 12 (London: Michael Joseph, 1954), p. 124
2. Ibid.
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