S J Woodman’s long march diary transcript
Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, War DiaryStanley John Woodman, was a Sapper (from the French word sappe - spadework, or trench) in the Royal Engineers, Army No. 2069751
He was confirmed as POW, No. 220907, on 24/10/1942.
Written at the top of page 1 of Stanley’s account…
Henry Albert Silk’s Long March
Long Marches, UncategorisedHenry Albert Silk was born in 1922 but gave his data of birth as 1920 in order to join 6th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, the British Army. Along with many others, he completed the long march west from Stalag VIIIB commencing on 22nd January…
Brian Magill’s Death March diary
Long Marches, War Diary
Open B Magill's Diary 21st June To 2 May 1942 To 1945 to see a scan of all pages
Ivan Douglas McPherson’s #34461 Long March notebook transcript
Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, UncategorisedIvan McPherson # 34461 kept brief notes of his long march in a notebook
January 22nd: Cosel Hafen left 4.30pm.
23rd: Reached Gros Naukirch now Polska Cerekiew, Poland at 5am, Left at 8pm.
24th: Reached Gros Nimsdorf, now Naczeslawice,…
Jack Emeny’s wartime story (1938 to 1946)
Capture, Escape and Evasion, Long Marches, Uncategorised, War Diary
Jack Emeny's story by his son Kenneth
My Dad was born at 45, Manderville Street, Darnall, Sheffield, England on the 26th April 1921, to Louise William Samuel Emeny and his wife Kate Eliza (nee Bagshaw), who were married on the 9th of March…
Thomas Horrocks Houston’s war diary
Capture, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Uncategorised, War DiaryThomas kept a near daily account of his early and last days as a Prisoner of War.
Thomas Houston's Diary Part 1 – The War Years 1940 To1941
Thomas Houston's Diary Part 2 1944 To 1945
Long March Research Resources
Long Marches, ResearchDiscovering More About The Long March
Books, Accounts by POWs, Videos/DVDs, Websites
Taking the Long Way Home: The Long March of 1945
An interactive map, produced by Dave Lovell and Ian Bowley, of the routes taken by many…
Songs about the Long March by Lesley Loughlin
Long MarchesThe Long March to Freedom: A song by Lesley Loughlin
(from the account of Bernard Loughlin my father-in-law written for my husband Hugh with love)
It is my privilege and it is my pain to share this story here today
It started not so…
Long March to Freedom DVD
Long Marches
In the final winter of the Second World War, the borders of the Third Reich are disintegrating as the Allied Armies close in. Orders come from Berlin High Command. The decision has been taken to clear the Prisoner of War camps in the East…
Peter Henry Blaskey – Capture, POW life, Long March, 2005 visit to Stalag VIIIB
Firsthand Long March Accounts, Long Marches, War Diary From: Bishop Jonathan Blake
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 4:31 PM
My father, Peter Henry Blake, known then as Sergeant Peter Henry Blaskey, rarely spoke about his wartime experiences, an approach common among his peers.
On the night 10/11th…