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Colditz - Under New Management by Nicolas Trudgian.
Colditz - a forbidding medieval castle near Leiptzig, Germany - remains one of the most potent symbols of the Second World War. Reputed to be the Nazis most escape proof prison, this grim castle is the most notorious PoW camp in history with the distinction of being the only German prison that had more guards than prisoners. The castle was specifically used to impound incorrigible, Allied officers who had repeatedly escaped from other camps but putting so many experienced serial escapers in one place proved to be a rather questionable idea. Despite more conventional escape routes gradually being sealed off by the Germans, members of The Colditz Escape Academy continued to jump, tunnel and sneak out of this inescapable prison in surprising numbers. Early in the war Hermann Goering made a public declaration that Colditz was escape proof but he was to be proven wrong time and time again, and over 300 attempts were made during the course of the war, with more than 130 prisoners escaping a.........
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| | Item Code : DHM2598 | Colditz - Under New Management by Nicolas Trudgian. - Editions Available | |
| | DESCRIPTION | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | PRICE | PURCHASING | PACKS | | Limited Edition : Signed limited edition of 200 prints. | Print paper size 14.5 inches x 12 inches (37cm x 31cm) |
Parker, PeterNO
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| | Major Peter Parker (deceased) |
| Major Peter Parker was born on 9th March 1918 and died on 24th June 2011, aged 93. His father, the tenth son of the 6th Earl of Macclesfield, was 57 when he was born. As his grandfather was born on 17 March 1811, three generations of Parkers spanned 200 years! After attending Eton and New College, Oxford, Peter was commissioned as a Regular officer in The Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) soon after the start of the Second World War. He was posted to 2 KRRC and in May 1940 was captured at Calais w |
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View | | Colditz Proof Edition : Limited edition of 76 Colditz proofs. | Print paper size 14.5 inches x 12 inches (37cm x 31cm) |
Shapiro, MurrayNO
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| | Staff Sergeant Murray Shapiro (deceased) |
| Murray Shapiro joined the army in September 1941, and after training went on active service with the 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, moving to Europe in October 1943 for further training in England and Wales prior to the Normandy Invasion. Going into combat a few weeks after D-Day, Murray advanced through France with his unit and was in the thick of the fighting when Von Rundstedt launched his crack divisions at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. He died on 26th September 2020 ag |
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Purdon, Corran | | Maj Gen Corran Purdon (deceased) |
| He joined the Royal Ulster Rifles in 1939 hut was wounded and captured whilst with the Commando's in St Nazaire in 1942. Purdon, who was awarded the Military Cross for his exploits, was sent, with several other officers, to Spangenberg prisoner of war camp near Kassel in Germany. He and a colleague soon managed to escape and, despite being in uniform, remained at large for nine days, travelling only by night. They were eventually caught at a railway station. After escaping from Spangenherg |
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Goldfinch, Bill | | Flt Lt Bill Goldfinch (deceased) |
| Flight Lieutenant Bill Goldfinch, who died on October 2 aged 91, designed the glider built in the eaves of Colditz Castle, as part of the most audacious of all the projected escapes from the Second World War's most famous prison camp. He and one of his fellow prisoners, Tony Rolt, a racing driver, realised separately that the roof of the 11th-century Saxon fortress, several hundred feet above the local town, would make a perfect launching point. Goldfinch drew up plans for a craft which co |
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Edwards, Mike | | Maj Mike Edwards (deceased) |
| Joining the Royal Welsh Regiment in I938 he was captured near St Venant in 1939. After escaping from Eichstedt and because of many other escapes, he spent lime in several prison camps before being moved to Colditz in 1943 where he was involved in numerous escape attempts. Taken prisoner during his battalion's defence of a sector of the Dunkirk perimeter in May 1940, Michael Edwards became a thorn in his captors' flesh by persistent attempts to escape. After involvement in three attempts |
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Davies-Scourfield, Grismond | | Brig Grismond Davies-Scourfield (deceased) |
| Edward Grismond Beaumont Davies-Scourfield was born on August 2 1918 at Patching, Sussex, and educated at Winchester. He passed out of Sandhurst with the Kings Medal and the Anson Memorial Sword, and was commissioned into the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, in 1938 and in May 1940 Davies-Scourfield, a platoon commander in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, took part in the four days of intense street fighting at Calais. As the riflemen were forced to withdraw from the outer perimeter into the town, they we |
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Hoffman, Peter (companion print) | | Joining Colditz Wachkompanie in 1942 as a private first class, he was one of around 150 prison guards that manned the guardroom, gates, towers etc. After the liberation in 1945 he surrendered and was captured and spent until July 1949 as a Russian PoW, eventually returning to his home town of Dresden. |
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Parker, PeterNO
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| | Major Peter Parker (deceased) |
| Major Peter Parker was born on 9th March 1918 and died on 24th June 2011, aged 93. His father, the tenth son of the 6th Earl of Macclesfield, was 57 when he was born. As his grandfather was born on 17 March 1811, three generations of Parkers spanned 200 years! After attending Eton and New College, Oxford, Peter was commissioned as a Regular officer in The Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) soon after the start of the Second World War. He was posted to 2 KRRC and in May 1940 was captured at Calais w |
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+ Artist : Nicolas Trudgian | £100 Off! | Now : £420.00 | | | | Limited Edition : Signed limited edition of 200 prints. | Print paper size 14.5 inches x 12 inches (37cm x 31cm) |
Parker, PeterNO
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AVAILABLE
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| | Major Peter Parker (deceased) |
| Major Peter Parker was born on 9th March 1918 and died on 24th June 2011, aged 93. His father, the tenth son of the 6th Earl of Macclesfield, was 57 when he was born. As his grandfather was born on 17 March 1811, three generations of Parkers spanned 200 years! After attending Eton and New College, Oxford, Peter was commissioned as a Regular officer in The Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) soon after the start of the Second World War. He was posted to 2 KRRC and in May 1940 was captured at Calais w |
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