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A Life Interrupted: Sergeant Frank Hill’s Four Years as a POW, 1941-1945

A Life Interrupted: Sergeant Frank Hill’s Four Years as a POW, 1941-1945

Stephen Martin
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My Great Uncle, Frank Hill, joined the British Army in 1930 and served in 7 Royal Tank Regiment . He fought in France in 1940 and was evacuated from Dunkirk. After a brief stint in India he found himself in North Africa, in battle with Rommel's Afrika Korps. He was captured near Fort Capuzzo, in what is now Libya, in June 1941. Over the next four years he was a prisoner of the Italians, then the Germans, and for a brief period the Russians. Uncle Frank was repatriated to the UK in mid 1945 and continued his service until the early 1950s. He then worked as a civilian quartermaster to the Army until he retired in 1978. He passed away peacefully in 1988.
Uncle Frank never kept a diary while he was a prisoner, but in 1980 he wrote a retrospective account for a discussion group in his home town in Wiltshire. In 2015 I acquired a copy of these notes, which form the basis of this account.
I am much indebted to Uncle Frank's son, Frank Hill Junior, who supplied me with his father's notes, and provided insights into his father's life before and after the Army, and numerous photographs.
All profits from this book will be donated to the British Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset. Uncle Frank was a frequent visitor to and supporter of the museum.
Language
English
Pages
55
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
March 30, 2016

A Life Interrupted: Sergeant Frank Hill’s Four Years as a POW, 1941-1945

Stephen Martin
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
My Great Uncle, Frank Hill, joined the British Army in 1930 and served in 7 Royal Tank Regiment . He fought in France in 1940 and was evacuated from Dunkirk. After a brief stint in India he found himself in North Africa, in battle with Rommel's Afrika Korps. He was captured near Fort Capuzzo, in what is now Libya, in June 1941. Over the next four years he was a prisoner of the Italians, then the Germans, and for a brief period the Russians. Uncle Frank was repatriated to the UK in mid 1945 and continued his service until the early 1950s. He then worked as a civilian quartermaster to the Army until he retired in 1978. He passed away peacefully in 1988.
Uncle Frank never kept a diary while he was a prisoner, but in 1980 he wrote a retrospective account for a discussion group in his home town in Wiltshire. In 2015 I acquired a copy of these notes, which form the basis of this account.
I am much indebted to Uncle Frank's son, Frank Hill Junior, who supplied me with his father's notes, and provided insights into his father's life before and after the Army, and numerous photographs.
All profits from this book will be donated to the British Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset. Uncle Frank was a frequent visitor to and supporter of the museum.
Language
English
Pages
55
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
March 30, 2016

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