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Prigione di Guerra (Campo) P.G. 87 Prisoner of War Camp If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Those known to have been held in or employed at Prigione di Guerra (Campo) P.G. 87 Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. Kimberley Walter. W/Bdr Wibberley John Stewart. Bdr. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records from Prigione di Guerra (Campo) P.G. 87 Prisoner of War Camp other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. 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Royal Artillery My father, Walter Kimberley embarked from the UK arriving in Egypt on the 18th March 1941. He trained on 25 pounders and on the 17th December 1940 traveled across the Middle East onto the Western Desert. On 18th March 1941 they moved to Greece until 27th April 1941, the next day moved to Crete until 30th May 1941 when they moved to Egypt ending up at Tobruk when the 68th medium Regiment was lost. He became a Prisoner of War transiting through P.G.87 and P.G.66 before ending up at P.G.78 Sulmona, Italy. In September 1943 evacuation of the prison camp became imminent on the fall of the Italian government and soon after the camp guards left their posts enabling 100s of prisoners to escape. My father, together with one other, managed to find his way back through enemy lines to make contact with the allies. He was then shipped back to the UK arriving on 10th November 1943. While fighting outside a town in North Africa a photo was taken of his gun crew in action. Probably for an army publication. This is now a prized possession. He also, although poorly educated, kept a note book of his experiences while on the run from the Germans after escaping. Even drawing pictures of hiding places. Sadly he died aged only 64 before I was able to spend time with him during a retirement he never reached. He did say that the war was surprisingly a great time in his life. Roy Kimberley Add to this record. Bdr. John Stewart Wibberley Royal Artillery My dad, Jack Wibberley, talked about being in the Eighth Army, and about visiting Cairo. He was captured at Tobruk in June 1942 and was taken to Italy where he was a POW in the following camps: 85 Turturano near Brindisi 87 Stalia 66 Capua 68 Vetralia 73 Fossoli of Carpi 53 Sforzacosta I know he escaped from one of the camps with a friend Mac. He was taken in by a farming family & lived with them. One day when working in the fields he was challenged & beaten with rifles by some Axis troops - he agreed to meet them in the market in Naples the next day & bring another POW with him. Needless to say, he didn't do that! [I read a report he wrote about this when I was about 13, but that report wasn't in family papers when we cleared the family house] In June 1944 his war record states he was known to have reached Southern Italy & was in Allied hands. By August 1944 he had returned to England & was in Liverpool Transit Camp He was posted to Clacton on Sea in Essex where he was part of the Heavy Ack Ack Battery. In the NAAFI there he met my mum Ada Letch who was in the ATS. They got married in December 1945. He died in 1958 and my mum died in 1980. I would love to know if anyone remembers him - he was always known as Jack. Jan Kitchin Add to this record. W/Bdr Walter Kimberley 68th Med.Regt. Royal Artillery My father, Walter Kimberley embarked from the UK arriving in Egypt on the 18th March 1941. He trained on 25 pounders and on the 17th December 1940 traveled across the Middle East onto the Western Desert. On 18th March 1941 they moved to Greece until 27th April 1941, the next day moved to Crete until 30th May 1941 when they moved to Egypt ending up at Tobruk when the 68th medium Regiment was lost. He became a Prisoner of War transiting through P.G.87 and P.G.66 before ending up at P.G.78 Sulmona, Italy. In September 1943 evacuation of the prison camp became imminent on the fall of the Italian government and soon after the camp guards left their posts enabling 100s of prisoners to escape. My father, together with one other, managed to find his way back through enemy lines to make contact with the allies. He was then shipped back to the UK arriving on 10th November 1943. While fighting outside a town in North Africa a photo was taken of his gun crew in action. Probably for an army publication. This is now a prized possession. He also, although poorly educated, kept a note book of his experiences while on the run from the Germans after escaping. Even drawing pictures of hiding places. Sadly he died aged only 64 before I was able to spend time with him during a retirement he never reached. He did say that the war was surprisingly a great time in his life. Roy Kimberley Bdr. John Stewart Wibberley Royal Artillery My dad, Jack Wibberley, talked about being in the Eighth Army, and about visiting Cairo. He was captured at Tobruk in June 1942 and was taken to Italy where he was a POW in the following camps: 85 Turturano near Brindisi 87 Stalia 66 Capua 68 Vetralia 73 Fossoli of Carpi 53 Sforzacosta I know he escaped from one of the camps with a friend Mac. He was taken in by a farming family & lived with them. One day when working in the fields he was challenged & beaten with rifles by some Axis troops - he agreed to meet them in the market in Naples the next day & bring another POW with him. Needless to say, he didn't do that! [I read a report he wrote about this when I was about 13, but that report wasn't in family papers when we cleared the family house] In June 1944 his war record states he was known to have reached Southern Italy & was in Allied hands. By August 1944 he had returned to England & was in Liverpool Transit Camp He was posted to Clacton on Sea in Essex where he was part of the Heavy Ack Ack Battery. In the NAAFI there he met my mum Ada Letch who was in the ATS. They got married in December 1945. He died in 1958 and my mum died in 1980. I would love to know if anyone remembers him - he was always known as Jack. Jan Kitchin Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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