The following are transcripts of escape reports submitted to M.I.9. A considerable number of their reports refer to evaders, such as aircrew who were shot down behind enemy lines and managed to find their way to friendly or neutral territory without being captured at any stage. As fascinating as these accounts are, sadly they do not relate to the subject matter of this website and so only those involving individuals who were, however briefly, taken prisoner have been included. Some of the reports coincide with those of others, and rather than repeating the same story they are linked by lines such as "from here my story is the same as..."; in such instances, these have been included with the report which contains the main narrative.

 

Escapes from Germany

 

Name

 

Captured

 

Date

 

Camps

 

Pte Leonard Arlington

France

1940-44

-

Pte J. S. Beattie

France

1940-41

-

Cpl Thomas Binderman

Norway

1940

Trondheim

Pte Alexander Binnie

France

1940-44

-

Lt-Col F. A. A. Blake

France

1940-41

-

Fus James Edwin Alexandre Blore

France

1940-44

-

Sgt Anthony Bolland

Holland

1944

-

F/O Stephen Peter Broad

France

1944

-

Pte R. Brown

France

1940-41

-

L/Cpl Roy Brown

Holland

1944

-

Sgt Roy Clare Brown

France

1944

St Gilles prison, Brussels

Maj Alan Bush

Holland

1944

-

P/O Keith Bruce Chisholm

France

1941-44

Stalag VIIIB / 344

Sgt Samuel Herbert Cooke

France

1940-44

Stalag VIIIB / 344

Cpl Henry Cooper

Greece

1941-44

Stalag VIIIB / 344

P/O Donald Harold Courtenay

France

1944

-

Sgt A. G. Cowan

France

1940-42

-

Sgt Bruce Joshua Crowley

Greece

1941-43

Stalag VIIIB / 344

Pte John Clifford Crowther

Holland

1944

-

F/O William Cunningham

France

1944

St Gilles prison, Brussels

Pte Stephen George Danby

Holland

1944

-

Gnr Davis Tom Davies

Greece

1941-44

Stalag XVIIIA

F/Sgt James Patrick Dowd

Germany

1942-43

Stalag VIIIB / 344

Cpl Robert Avis Doubleday

France

1942-43

Stalag XXA

Sgt William Patrick Duffy

France

1944

Fontainebleau Hospital

Pte R. Dunbar

France

1940-41

-

Lt M. G. Duncan

France

1940-42

Oflag VB

Pte Robert Henry Easterbrook

France

1940-44

Stalag XXB

Pte D. R. Edwards

-

1941-42

Stalag VIIA

Pte J. Farrell

France

1940-42

-

Pte Archibald Fergus

France

1940-44

-

Cpl J. H. Fleming

Greece

1941

-

Spr James Fotheringham

France

1940-44

-

Cpl W. F. Gardner

France

1940-42

-

F/Sgt Duncan Gordon

France

1944

-

L/Cpl J. J. W. Green

France

1940-44

-

F/Sgt Peter Charles Nightingale Green

France

1944

-

Sgmn Patrick Joseph Harkin

France

1940-44

Stalag VIIIB / 344

F/Sgt Stephen Brian Harris

France

1944

St Gilles prison, Brussels

Gnr William Hewson

Crete

1941-42

-

Major Tony Hibbert

Holland

1944

-

Sgmn Frank Lee Howarth

France

1944

-

Sergeant George Kay

Holland

1944

-

Sgt Abram S. Kononenko

France

1941-43

-

L/Cpl William Richard John Lloyd

Norway

1940-44

Stalag XXA

CSM Arthur Ernest Lord

France

1944

-

Capt Eric Mackay

Holland

1944

-

Sgt David Basil McMillan

France

1943

-

Pte George Brown MacMillan

France

1944

-

Gdsm William Montgomery McMillan

France

1940-44

-

Sgt Seneca Lent McMullan

France

1942-44

Stalag VIIIB / 344, IID

P/O Kevin Winston McSweeney

Germany

1944

St Gilles prison, Brussels

Sgt P. J. Mahoney

Holland

1940-43

-

Pte Leonard Ernest Mann

France

1940-44

Stalag XXID

Dvr Louis George Massey

France

1940-43

Stalag XXA

Spr Norman Middleton

France

1940-44

Stalag VIII B / 344

Pte D. Milner

France

1940-41

-

Pte F. G. Mumme

France

1940-42

-

Sgt Arthur Muse

Belgium

1944

-

Sgt John Arthur Nind

France

1944

Rennes

Capt H. B. O'Sullivan

France

1940-42

Oflag VB

Cpl J. A. Parker

Crete

1941-42

Stalag VIIA

Sgt Roland Eric Donald Parker

France

1944

Lyons Hospital

F/Lt J. D. Peterkin

France

1944

-

Pte David Watson Philp

France

1940-44

-

Gnr Edward Pool

Libya

1942-44

Stalag XVIIIA

Fus Joseph Purvis

France

1940-44

Stalag IXC

Cpl I. H. C. Rennie

France

1940-41

-

Sgmn J. M. Ritchie

France

1940-41

-

W/O Cyril Rofe

Holland

1941-44

Stalag VIIIB

2/Lt A. D. Rowan-Hamilton

France

1940-42

Oflag VB

Pte Edward James Rylands

France

1944

-

L/Cpl Lawrence Sadler

France

1944

-

Capt Vilhelm Roger Schjelderup

Holland

1945

-

L/Sgt Alfred Clarence Searson

France

1942-44

Stalag VIIIB / 344

Sgt William Alexander Shannon

France

1944

-

F/Lt J. T. L. Shore

Holland

1941

Dulag Luft, Stalag Luft I

Dvr J. Smith

France

1940-42

-

F/O Joel Matthew Stevenson

France

1944

-

Dvr J. Strachan

France

1940-42

-

F/Lt Bram Van Der Stok

France

1942-44

Stalag Luft III

F/Lt William Alexander Switzer

France

1944

-

W/O Thomas Henry Arthur Sutton

-

1945-46

Stalag IVB

Cpl Spencer Francis Tachon

France

1940-44

-

Sgt Norman Thom

France

1944

Nancy

Sgmn William Thomas

France

1940-44

Stalag XVIIIC

Capt George Tsoucas

-

1943

Stalag VIIA

Cpl Serge Vaculik

France

1944

-

Pte Edward Walker

Germany

1942-45

Stalag XVIIIA

F/O John Connell Warnock

France

1944

-

Sgt Jean Louis Warren

Germany

1943-45

Stalag IVB

L/Cpl Eric Wigby

Holland

1944

-

Cpl F. Wilkinson

France

1940-42

-

Gnr Martin Henry Winterburn

North Africa

1942-44

Stalag VIIIB / 344

Capt H. A. Woollatt

France

1940-42

Oflag VB

 

Escapes from Italy

 

Name

 

Captured

 

Date

 

Camps

 

Sgt Gordon Bennett

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 54

Spr Albert William Benstead

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 53

Lt Keith Joseph Briggs

North Africa

1943-44

P.G. 49

Pte Jack Wilfred Burns

North Africa

1941-44

P.G. 106

F/Sgt Edwin Francis Butler

Italy

1941-44

P.G. 59

C.P.O. Henry William Cantle

Mediterranean

1942-44

P.G. 52

Gnr Benjamin Clegg

North Africa

1941-44

P.G. 53

Sgt Percy Clements

Italy

1941-43

P.G. 78

Lance-Corporal Thomas Collier

North Africa

1940-44

P.G. 148

Lt Charles Napier Cross

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 19

W/O Stuart Marshall Cross

North Africa

1941-44

P.G. 59

Lt Eric Davies

Sicily

1943

P.G. 19

Lt Anthony John Deane-Drummond

Italy

1941-42

P.G. 27

Cpl George Albert Drew

North Africa

1941-44

P.G. 112

Pte James Reid Findlay

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 70

Maj-Gen Michael Denman Gambier-Parry

North Africa

1941-44

P.G. 12

Pte David Thomas Griffiths

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 133

Gnr John Griffiths

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 53

Sgt John Edward Hughes

Mediterranean

1941-44

P.G. 59

Lt Norman Charles Johnson

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 19

Bdr Albert Edward Jones

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 53

Cpl H. F. Jones

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 59

Pte George Bernard Stanley Keene

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 70

P.O. Cyril Kennedy

Mediterranean

1940-43

P.G. 102

Capt John Gerrard Kerins

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 19

Lt D. Lambert

Yugoslavia

1941

P.G. 78

L/Sgt John Gordon Langdon

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 52, 65

Pte Robert Lisle

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 146

Sgt Frederick Thomas Lockett

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 59

Pte Harkins William McBeth

Italy

1943-44

-

Gdsm Thomas Roy McGibbney

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 53

Sgt Henry William McInnes

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 78

Dvr David James Mackintosh

North Africa

1942-45

P.G. 62

Gdsm Williams McLelland

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 112

F/Sgt Robertson MacNeil

Mediterranean

1942-44

P.G. 52

Lt-Col Hugh Salusbury Kynaston Mainwaring

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 49

Sgt Roy Marlow

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 82

Pte Eric Frank Millard

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 59

Sgmn Arthur Wright Miller

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 78

Pte Derek Miller

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 70

Pte Eric Morris

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 106

Cpl Ronald Edward Mouland

Sicily

1943-44

P.G. 66

Gnr John Myers

North Africa

1942-44

Ascoli Prison

L/Sgt David Neil

North Africa

1941-44

P.G. 53

Sgt Derrick Roy Newbury

Mediterranean

1942-44

P.G. 59

Pte Clifford Charles Norden

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 82

F/O J. F. Otten

Greece

1942-43

P.G. 21

Sgt Clifford Alfred Pacey

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 59

Lt Richard Crawsney Partridge

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 19

Pte J. J. Perkins

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 66

Cpl Thomas Pragnell

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 70

Maj Jack Prichard

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 29

Pte John Rae

North Africa

1943

P.G. 78

Pte William Patrick Salmon

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 70

Sgt Samuel Scholes

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 70

Cpl Stanley Skinner

North Africa

1941-44

San Sepolcro Lazaret

Gnr Charles Henry Smith

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 102

Sgt J. Smith

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 70

A.C.1 Ronald Spenceley

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 70

Lt H. E. Stewart

North Africa

1941-42

P.G. 78

Pte William Stewart

North Africa

1941-44

Gaeta Prison

Brig Douglas Arnold Stirling

North Africa

1941-44

P.G. 12

Sgt George Arthur Tidbold

Sicily

1942-44

P.G. 59

Pte Robert Wallace

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 70

Sgt Austin Waterworth

North Africa

1942-44

P.G. 53

Tpr Raymond Bruce Watson

North Africa

1941-44

P.G. 53

W/O Claude Weaver

Sicily

1942-43

P.G. 21

Cpl Frank Williamson

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 70

Sgt Albert Ambrose Wilson

North Africa

1942-43

P.G. 59