Escape

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.

Name	Captured	Date	Camps
WO Robert James Alexander	Germany	1941-44	Stalag IIIE
Pte Leonard Arlington	France	1940-44	-
Pte Walfred Balduc	France	1943-45	Stalag IID
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	-
Pte John Chipchase	France	1942-45	Stalag IXC
P/O Keith Bruce Chisholm	France	1941-44	Stalag VIIIB / 344
Pte Charles Coll	France	1942-45	Stalag IID
Pte Daniel Lincoln Conley	France	1942-45	Stalag IID
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	-
Pte Arthur Garlaneau	France	1942-45	Stalag IID
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	-
Air Commodore Ivelaw-Chapman	Holland	1944-45	-
Sgt Sydney Ellwood Jones	France	1942-45	Stalag IXC
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	-
F/Lt Glendon Joseph Lynes	France	1943-45	Stalag Luft III
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 Maurice Muir	France	1944	St Gilles prison, Brussels
Sgt Arthur Muse	Belgium	1944	-
Pte Joseph Edward Jacques Nadeau	France	1942-45	Stalag VIIIB / 344
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	-
Capt Wilfred Henry Robinson	Holland	1944	-
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	-
Sgt Robert Thomas Savage	France	1942-45	Stalag IXC
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	-
W/Cdr Ronald Robert Stanford-Tuck	France	1942-45	Stalag Luft III
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
W/O Thomas Henry Arthur Sutton	-	1945-46	Stalag IVB
F/Lt William Alexander Switzer	France	1944	-
Cpl Spencer Francis Tachon	France	1940-44	-
Private Kenneth Edward Taylor	France	1942-45	Stalag IXC
Sgt Norman Thom	France	1944	Nancy
Sgmn William Thomas	France	1940-44	Stalag XVIIIC
Pte Conrad Trundel	France	1942-45	Stalag IVA
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
Lt Peter Charles Winton	Holland	1940-45	Oflag IVC
Capt H. A. Woollatt	France	1940-42	Oflag VB

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
Rfn George Coulson	North Africa	1942-44	P.G. 53, 65
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 Hugh William Morgan	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
Fus John Wilson	North Africa	1942-44	P.G. 112