SECTION 1 – BRITISH ARMY (Cont.)

Having noted that there could be men listed in other Camps before being transferred to PG 49, I have looked at some of the other POW’s in PG 21 (Chieti) and PG 66 (Capua) which was where Eric Newby, Carol Mather and Leslie Young* had been transferred from. But it is not clear who might have been re-located to PG 49 so I am just going to add people to this table as and when I find them.

Marco Minardi, in his book ‘Bugle Call to Freedom’, records that POW’s at PG 49 at Fontanellato came from the following camps:-

• PG 17 at Rezzanello (Piacenza)
• PG 21 at Chieti
• also PG 29 at Viano (S.W. of Piacenza)
• PG 35 at Padula (near Naples).
• PG 38 at Poppi (near Arezzo).
• PG 41 at Montalbo (Piacenza)
• PG 66 at Capua
• also PG 75 at Bari?
• PG 78 at Sulmona.

N.B. H202 is a Military Hospital in Lucca and H206 a Military Hospital in Nocera.

The list below was published in alphabetical order and the document explained that, in COMPOUND NAMES, the surname appears under the final surname, e.g. the name below for SWAIN (or Swayne) is, in actual fact, Paul O’BRIEN-SWAIN.

OTHER CAMPS

No.	Camp No.	Name	Initials	Rank	Pers. No.	Regt. or Corps.
1	21	Brooks	C.A.	Maj.	36468	Essex
2	21	Buchanan	H.A.D.	Lt.	124535	G.G.
3	?	Burne	Peter	Lt.-Col.		12 L.
4	38	Carver	R.O.H.	Maj.	62678	R.E.
5	38	Collins	G.J.H.D. (Geoffrey)	Maj.	70758	Queens.
6	H202	De-Burgh (S.B.O.)*	H.G.	Lt.-Col.	1229	R.A.
7	21	Flowerdew	G.D.H.	Capt.	44838	R.A.
8	49	Harrison1	J.	Trooper	409184	R.A.C.
9	H206	Kinsman	A.H.I. (Tony)	Lt.	200079	G.G.
10	38	Mainwaring	H.S.K.	Lt.-Col.	30735	R.A.
11	21	Mather*	D.C. MacD.	Capt.	124488	W.G.
12	21	Mumford	E.N.	Capt.	AI. 632	3 G.R.
13	21	Newby	G.E. (Eric)	Lt.	153984	B. Watch
14	21	Nott	D.H. (Donald)	Maj.	39477	Worc.
15	75 or 21?	Orr-Ewing	R.A. (Ronnie)	Capt.	53685	S.G.
16	17	Steven	A.D.	Capt.	89383	R.T.R.
17	49	Swayne (see Swain?)	Paul O’Brien-	Capt.		K.R.R.C.
18	66	Turner	B.D.	Lt.	184487	B. & H.
19	21	Wheeler	R.H.L.	Lt.-Col.	34344	R.A.
20	66	Young*	L.C.	Maj.	42395	B. & H.
21	21	Younger	J.W. (Jack)	Lt.	114122	C.G.

When Exploring the Archive for Burman J.W. on the MSMT website, I came across a STEVEN, Anthony (Tony) who did not appear on the main Roll Call pages for British Soldiers, although his Diary indicates that he was with Roques, Vian, Dean, Marshall, Millington-Buck, Player, Carr and O’Brien-Swayne (possibly Swain) at P.G. 17 at Rezenello and was moved to Fontanellato on 30th March, 1943.

KEY to Regimental Abbreviations

Abbreviation	Full Title of Regiment or Corps	Abbreviation	Full Title of Regiment or Corps
10 H.	10th Royal Hussars	Lan. F.	Lancashire Fusiliers
11 H.	11th Hussars	Leic.	Leicestershire Regiment
12 L.	12th Royal Lancers	Linc.	Lincolnshire Regiment
16/5 L.	16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers	N’d.F.	Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
17/21 L.	17th/21st Lancers	P.C.
4 H.	4th Queen’s Own Hussars	P.C. (Cyp.)
7 H.	7th Queen’s Own Hussars	Queens	Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
8 H.	8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars	R. Bde.	Rifle Brigade
A. & S.H.	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders	R. Sigs.	Royal Signals
A.A.C.	Army Air Corps	R.A.	Royal Artillery
B. & H.	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment	R.A.C.	Royal Armoured Corps
Bord.	Border Regiment	R.A.Ch.D.	Royal Army Chaplains Department
Buffs.	Royal East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”)	R.A.M.C.	Royal Army Medical Corps
C.G.	Coldstream Guards	R.A.O.C.	Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Cam. H.	Cameron Highlanders	R.A.S.C.	Royal Army Service Corps
Ches.	Cheshire Regiment	R.A.M.C.	Royal Army Medical Corps
D.C.L.I.	Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry	R.E.	Royal Engineers
D.L.I.	Durham Light Infantry	R.E.M.E.	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
D.W.R.	Duke of Wellington’s Regiment	R.T.R.	Royal Tank Regiment
E. Surr.	East Surrey Regiment	R.U. Rif.	Royal Ulster Rifles
E. York.	East Yorkshire Regiment (D of Y’s Own)	Recce. C.
Essex.	Essex Brigade	S. G.	Scots Guards
For’ters.	Sherwood Foresters (Notts. & Derby. Regt.)	S.W.B.	South Wales Borders
Gen. List	General List	W. Yorks.	West Yorkshire Regiment (P of W Own)
Gn. How.	Green Howards	War.	Royal Warwickshire Regiment
H.L.I.	Highland Light Infantry	Welch/W.G.	Welsh Guards
Hamp.	Hampshire Regiment	Worc.	Worcestershire Regiment
I.C.	Intelligence Corps	Y. & L.	York and Lancaster Regiment
K.O.R.R.	King’s Own Royal Regiment
K.R.R.C.	King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Acronyms		Acronyms
Lt.-Col.	Lieutenant-Colonel.	Lt.	Lieutenant.
Maj.	Major.	2/Lt.	Second Lieutenant.
Capt.	Captain.	Rev.	Reverend.

Surnames A-B on Page 1,

Surnames C-D on Page 2

Surnames E-H on Page 3

Surnames H-L on Page 4

Surnames L-N on Page 5

Surnames N-R on Page 6

Surnames S-V on Page 7

Surnames V-Y on Page 8

British Army Acronyms and Abbreviations – kindly assimilated (and “loaned”) from Dennis Hill’s Camp 59 Survivors

• A. & S.H. – Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
• A.A.C. – Army Air Corps
• A.A.A.C. – Australian Army Aviation Corps
• A.C.C. – Army Catering Corps
• A.D.C. – This is an acronym for a unit name, possibly the Royal Army Dental Corps (R.A.D.C.)
• B. & H. – Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
• B.S.M. – Battery Sergeant Major
• Bdr. – Bombardier
• Bk. Watch – Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
• Bord. – Border Regiment
• Brig. – Brigadier
• Buffs – Royal East Kent Regiment (“The Buffs”)
• C.G. – Coldstream Guards
• C.Q.M.S. – Company Quartermaster Sergeant
• C.S.M. – Company Sergeant Major
• Cam. H. – Cameron Highlanders
• Camns. – Cameron Highlanders
• Capt. – Captain
• Cfn./Cfm. – Craftsman
• Cpl. – Corporal
• Devon. – Devonshire Regiment
• D.L.I. – Durham Light Infantry
• Dorset – Dorset Regiment
• Dmr. – Drummer
• Drv. – Driver
• Dvr/i/c – Driver (meaning of i/c unknown)
• E. Surr. – East Surrey Regiment
• Essex – Essex Brigade
• Fus. – Fusilier
• G.G. – Grenadier Guards
• Gdsm. – Guardsman
• Gn. How. – Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment)
• Gnr. – Gunner
• Hamp. – Hampshire Regiment
• H.L.I. – Highland Light Infantry
• Innis. F. – Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
• K.O.R.R. – King’s Own Royal Regiment
• K.R.R.C. – King’s Royal Rifle Corps
• L/Bdr. – Lance Bombardier
• L/Cpl. – Lance Corporal
• Manch. – Manchester Regiment
• N’d. F. – Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
• North’n. R. – Northamptonshire Regiment
• P.S.M. – Platoon Sergeant Major
• Pte. – Private
• Q.M.S. – Quarter Master Sergeant
• R. Bde. – Rifle Brigade
• R. Sigs. – Royal Signals
• R.A. – Royal Artillery
• R.A.C. – Royal Armoured Corps
• R.A.M.C. – Royal Army Medical Corps
• R.A.O.C. – Royal Army Ordnance Corps
• R.A.S.C. – Royal Army Service Corps
• R.E. – Royal Engineers
• R.E.M.E. – Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
• R. Ir. R. – Royal Irish Regiment
• R.O. – Radiotelephone Operator
• R.U. Rif. – Royal Ulster Rifles
• R.W.F. – Royal Welch Fusiliers
• R.W.K. – Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment
• Rfn. – Rifleman
• S.G. – Scots Guards
• S.S.M. – unit name unknown
• S.W.B.– South Wales Borders
• S. Staff – South Staffordshire Regiment
• Sgm./Sgmn. – Signalman
• Sgt. – Sergeant
• Sjt. – Serjeant (a variant of sergeant)
• Spr. – Sapper
• Tpr. – Trooper
• W.G. – Welsh Guards
• Welsh/Welch –Welsh Guards
• Worc. – Worcestershire Regiment
• Y. & L. – York and Lancaster Regiment

1. HARRISON, John – Royal Armoured Corps. Queen’s Own Hussars. Trooper. 409184
   Died 10/07/1944. Age 27. He had 9 years’ service. He became a Prisoner of War during the Italian campaign and was held at PG49, Fontanellato, Parma, Italy. On 08/09/1943 Commandant Colonel Eugenio Vicedomini opened the camp gates following the Italian surrender. Around 600 Officers and members of the Allied Forces walked out to freedom. It is unclear whether Trooper Harrison was one of the 600. A newspaper report from 1945 suggests he was returning from fighting between Partisans and German forces at his time of death. By this stage of the war, he had 9 years’ service. He was the son of Thomas A. Harrison and the stepson of Margaret Harrison of 264 Ravenhill Avenue, Belfast. The villagers gave Harrison a public funeral at Bedonia Cemetery, Emilia-Romagna, Parma, Italy. His Commonwealth War Graves Commission grave is at Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa, Italy. ↩︎