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Prisoners of War in Italy
1940 - 1945
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This website is about allied Prisoners of War in Italy.
For allied prisoners of Germany go to: www.allstalags.com
(for Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf go to: www.lamsdorf.com)
For allied prisoners in the Far East go to: www.powsfareast.weebly.com
This is a new website – there is much to be done before it is complete.
You can help – if you know about someone who was an allied
Prisoner of War of the Italians during the Second World War,
please email details: powsitaly@lamsdorf.com
We do not have any records or information about prisoners of war, except what is already here.
When people send names they are added to the website, but we do not have any other records.
We don’t have any information about individual, former prisoners-of-war,
except what people have sent to us and which has been put on the website.
The name and details you send will be added to the website –
there will be a page of the website for each POW camp for which information has been received.
Scroll down for a clickable list of camps (below the map)
Please make sure that you begin the email with as much of
the following information as possible:
Prisoners of War in Italy
1940 - 1945
powsitaly@lamsdorf.com
Scroll down for a clickable list of camps (below the map)
This website is about allied Prisoners of War in Italy.
For allied prisoners of Germany go to: www.allstalags.com
(for Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf go to: www.lamsdorf.com)
For allied prisoners in the Far East go to: www.powsfareast.weebly.com
This is a new website – there is much to be done before it is complete.
You can help – if you know about someone who was an allied
Prisoner of War of the Italians during the Second World War,
please email details: powsitaly@lamsdorf.com
We do not have any records or information about prisoners of war, except what is already here.
When people send names they are added to the website, but we do not have any other records.
We don’t have any information about individual, former prisoners-of-war,
except what people have sent to us and which has been put on the website.
The name and details you send will be added to the website –
there will be a page of the website for each POW camp for which information has been received.
Scroll down for a clickable list of camps (below the map)
Please make sure that you begin the email with as much of
the following information as possible:
- POW Camp(s):
- Surname:
- Forename(s):
- Nationality:
- Service (eg Navy, Army, Air Force etc):
- Ship/Regiment/Squadron etc:
- When captured:
- Where captured:
We usually include contact details (just the email address) with the information on this website about each former prisoner-of-war, so that people can get in touch with you about this, but please let us know if you do not want your email address to appear.
All emails will be answered, but please don’t be offended if you have to wait a little while for a reply, as this website and its companion websites are a voluntary undertaking and sometimes there is a huge amount of work to get through!
[Have a look at one of our associated websites www.lamsdorf.com which the first and has been running for several years - this will give you an idea of what we are aiming at for this website.]
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Recent Additions
(last updated 5th June 2017)
(To read more about POWs listed here go to the page of the camp(s) concerned and click on their names)
Alfred Hackett of the 31st Field Regiment Royal Artillery was wounded and captured at the battle of Alem Hamza 15th December 1941. He was held at the Caserta Military Hospital and then at PG66 Capua, PG59 Servigliano and PG29 Veano from which he escaped and was eventually evacuated with the help of an escape line.
Arthur Charles Middleton of the Royal Sussex Regiment was held in a camp that is now the Civic Museum of Crema. He was captured in North Africa.
Alfred Harvey Dewhurst was captured in North Africa and held in PG35 before being transferred to Oflag XIIB in Germany.
Harold Cornock was in Campo di Concentramento 158 XI, the military hospital at Caserta, then camps PG202 and PG82 before being sent to Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf.
Edward Keel of the Royal Army Service Corps was held at PG73 Fossoli de Carpi, before being sent to Stalag VIIIB/344Lamsdorf.
Frederick William Mead was captured at Tobruk 22nd June 1942 and was held at PG21 before being sent to Germany.
Herbert Edgar Hymer Hayes of the 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry was taken prisoner 27th June 1942 at the battle of Mersa Matruh North Africa and held at PG75, Torre Tresca, Bari, before being sent to Germany.
Nigel Knight Bruce of the 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, was held in PG49 until the mass break out.
Bertram Noss of the 5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment was captured at the battle of Sidi Nasir 26th February 1942. He was taken to PG66, Capua, where he was held for 12 months until transfer to Germany.
Contact: powsitaly@lamsdorf.com
(last updated 5th June 2017)
(To read more about POWs listed here go to the page of the camp(s) concerned and click on their names)
Alfred Hackett of the 31st Field Regiment Royal Artillery was wounded and captured at the battle of Alem Hamza 15th December 1941. He was held at the Caserta Military Hospital and then at PG66 Capua, PG59 Servigliano and PG29 Veano from which he escaped and was eventually evacuated with the help of an escape line.
Arthur Charles Middleton of the Royal Sussex Regiment was held in a camp that is now the Civic Museum of Crema. He was captured in North Africa.
Alfred Harvey Dewhurst was captured in North Africa and held in PG35 before being transferred to Oflag XIIB in Germany.
Harold Cornock was in Campo di Concentramento 158 XI, the military hospital at Caserta, then camps PG202 and PG82 before being sent to Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf.
Edward Keel of the Royal Army Service Corps was held at PG73 Fossoli de Carpi, before being sent to Stalag VIIIB/344Lamsdorf.
Frederick William Mead was captured at Tobruk 22nd June 1942 and was held at PG21 before being sent to Germany.
Herbert Edgar Hymer Hayes of the 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry was taken prisoner 27th June 1942 at the battle of Mersa Matruh North Africa and held at PG75, Torre Tresca, Bari, before being sent to Germany.
Nigel Knight Bruce of the 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, was held in PG49 until the mass break out.
Bertram Noss of the 5th Battalion Hampshire Regiment was captured at the battle of Sidi Nasir 26th February 1942. He was taken to PG66, Capua, where he was held for 12 months until transfer to Germany.
Contact: powsitaly@lamsdorf.com
Below: map of POW routes from N.Africa to Italy and Greece, including some POW camp locations
(With thanks to NZETC digitised Official History of New Zealand in the Second War)
(With thanks to NZETC digitised Official History of New Zealand in the Second War)
LIST OF CAMPS IN ITALY
Please click on the name of a camp to see if there is any information about it. This website is
new and information is still being compiled, so please re-visit us again if you do not find what you are looking for. We hope that this list is complete and accurate, but there may be errors of course. If you know of any mistakes or have any additional information, please let us know.
Names of POWs that have been sent to this website are listed under the appropriate Camp.
P. G. = Prigione di Guerra (Prison of War),
P.G. 5 Gavi-Serravalle Scrivia Piedmont.
P.G. 10 Acquapendente Viterbo
P.G. 12 Vincigliata
P.G. 17 Rezzanello Near Piacenza
P.G. 19 Bologna
P.G. 21 Chieti
P.G. 23 Vestone near Brescia
P.G. 26 Cortemaggiore Piacenza
P.G. 27 San Romano Pisa
P.G. 29 Veano Piacenza
P.G. 32 Bogliaco Garda lake near Salò, Brescia
P.G. 35 Certosa di Padula Monastery, near Salerno
P.G. 38 Poppi Monastery near Arezzo
P.G. 41 Montalbo
P.G. 43 Garessio Cuneo
P.G. 47 Modena Officers, mainly from New Zealand
P.G. 49 Fontanellato Orphanage near Parma. After the armistice
600 men marched out with the connivance of the Italian guards an hour before the
Germans arrived.
P.G. 50 Caserna Genova Cavalleria - storage centre Rome
P.G. 51 Altamura Villa Serena Bari - Transit camp
P.G. 52 Chiavari
P.G. 53 Sforzacosta Macerata
P.G. 54 Passo Corese / Fara Sabina
P.G. 55 Busseto Near Piacenza. 4 satellite labour camps.
P.G. 57 Grupignano Near Udine, at Cividale del Friuli. Mostly Australian and New Zealand other ranks.
P.G. 59 Servigliano
P.G. 60 Colle Compito Lucca
P.G. 62 Grumello del Piano Near Bergamo. Mostly Indians andCypriots. Seven satellite work camps, including Gamba, Cremona and Torbole
P.G. 63 Marinaro Aversa Near Arezzo. Mostly Indians.
P.G. 65 Gravina-Altamura Bari
P.G. 66 Capua
P.G. 68 Vetralla
P.G. 70 Monte Urano Near Fermo Ascoli Piceno
P.G. 71 Aversa Near Naples
P.G. 73 Fossoli di Carpi Near Modena.
P.G. 75 Torre Tresca, Bari Transit camp. One work camp.
P.G. 77 Pissignano, Campello di Clitunno, near Spoleto, Umbria (Tent camp)
later known as C.C. 77 or Dulag 226 (German).
P.G. 78 Sulmona
P.G. 78/1 Aquafredda Work camp Many New Zealanders.
P.G. 80 Villa Marina Near Rome
P.G. 82 Laterina Near Arezzo. 8,000 prisoners. 50% escaped (2,720 from secret Italia armi document SMRE Stato Maggiore dell'Esercito Italiano)
P.G. 83 Fiume
P.G. 85 Tuturano Transit camp.
P.G. 87 Stalia 6000 in camp
P.G. 89 Gonars Udine
P.G. 91 Avezzano
P.G. 97 Renicci di Anghiari Arezzo
P.G. 98 San Giuseppe Jato Sicily
P.G. 102 Near Aquila Transit camp
P.G. 103 Monigo Treviso
P.G. 103/6 Ampezzo Udine
P.G. 103/7 La Maina near Ampezzo, at Sauris.
P.G. 106 Vercelli 25 work camps, mostly Australians and NewZealanders
P.G. 106/20 Arro Salussola
P.G. 107 Torviscosa Udine - Five work camps, including Prati, San Donà di Piave, Torre di Confine, La Salute. Mostly New Zealanders and South Africans
P.G. 107/2 Prati
P.G. 107/4 San Donà di Piave
P.G. 107/5 Torre di Confine
P.G. 107/6 ?
P.G. 107/7 La Salute di Livenza
P.G. 110 Carbonia
P.G. 112 Turin
P.G. 113 Avio (Trento) Near Marsciano, Rovereto
P.G. 115 Morgnano, near Spoleto. It was a work camp and had at least one satellite:
P.G. 115/3 Marsciano
P.G. 118 Prato all'Isarco Near Bolzano
P.G. 120 Chiesanuova Padova - work camps at Fattoria Bianco, Cetona, Abano, Fogolana.
P.G. 120/4 ?
P.G. 120/5 Abano
P.G. 120/8 Fogolana
P.G. 122 Cinecittà Near Rome - several work camps
P.G. 127 Locano Canavese Aosta
P.G. 129 Montelupone Macerata
P.G. 132 Foggia
P.G. 133 Novara
P.G. 136 Bologna
P.G. 145 Campotosto, Montorio al Vomano (Province of Teramo)
P.G. 146 Mortara Pavia
P.G. 148 Bussolengo
P.G. 201 Bergamo hospital in an almshouse
P.G. 202 Lucca hospital in a monastery in Bergamo district.
P.G. 203 Bologna hospital in Castel S Pietro
P.G. 204 Altamura hospital in a school
P.G. 206 Nocera hospital near Rovello
P.G. 207 Milan hospital
P.G. 339 Pisa
P.G.D.S.36 PG (POW) Detachment at Castelluccio (Pienza)
Crema (PG number unknown) POWs held in what is now the Crema Civic Museum
Campo No1 Marina, Manziana (Lake Bracciano)
Ospedale Militare Caserta, Naples
Dulag 339 (formerly 337) Mantua elsewhere listed as a stalag (German)
Stalag 339 Trieste Distinct (German)
P.G. 454 Brindisi Mainly Indians (German)
A camp for British POWs reportedly existed near Caoria - Canal San Bovo (Trento). It was closed on 8th September 1943.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_POW_camps_in_Italy and others.
See also this list: http://www.campifascisti.it/elenco_tipo_campi.php?nazione=46&id_tipo=4
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