Playing with Strife

Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Neame VC was the most senior PoW in Italy. Held at Villa Orsini, Sulmona, and then PG 12 Vincigliata, near Florence. Escaped at the Armistice and got away by boat from Cattolica with Air Vice-Marshal Boyd and Major-General O'Connor and arrived at Termoli in December 1943. See also Adrian Carton de Wiart, ‘Happy Odyssey’, James Hargest, ‘Farewell Campo 12’, John Leeming, ‘Always To-morrow’ and Pat Spooner, ‘A Talent for Adventure’.