Award Military Cross Lt. J. Easton (218988) 2nd Special Air Service Escape from Camp 19 (Bologna)

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  1. brithm

    brithm Senior Member

    Award Military Cross Lt. John "Jock" Easton (219998) 2nd Special Air Service
    WO 373/63/23
    He was MIA on 20th July 1943 maybe mistake on citation.
    Photos from www.specialforcesroh.com


    ESCAPES FROM CAMP 19 (BOLONGA) ITALY
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    When the Italian Armistice was signed, the Senior British Officer of the camp saw the Italian Commandant and asked for arms so that P/W could defend themselves against the Germans. The Commandant promised to deliver them the following day. In the meantime the Senior British Officer issued Red Cross parcels to P/W and ordered them to sleep in their clothes. During the night of 8/9th September 1943, the Germans arrived and threw a cordon round the camp, with the result that, when the P/W started to leave the camp on the orders of the Senior British Officer, the Germans opened fire and drove them back. Ultimately, when the Germans began removing the P/W, a number of them hid in tunnels or roofs and eventually made good their escape. Others from trains en route northwards.
     

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