100697 WO1 Alfred Edward Smithard Army Royal Army Ordnance Corps My husband was in 383 and what he as told me he was on the escape committee and on day they where playing, puffer trains without the train, football with no ball and any other games they could think off. He had a book called the barb wire given to him, while in the camp they were not allowed any showers and one day somebody had made up some andrew liver salts tblets, and when the top man of the German came and checked the camp some of the prisoners put the tablets in there mouths and let it froth and a doctor was called and they where allowed to have showers after that.My husband has wrote abook about A Surviver returns but it is not in the shops to buy.
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