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zDDX1680 - PRIVATE SIDNEY RIPPINGALE, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAR RECORDS
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Item
Finding No
DDX1680/8
Extent
1 item
Title
Account of escape from captivity of Private Sidney Rippingale
Date
nd. [Sep 1943-Sep 1944]
Description
Relates to part of a 150 mile journey across the Alps to the Swiss border made by Private Rippingale and his fellow soldiers from the prisoner of war camp at San Pietro Novara in Italy. Also includes notes made relating to work done in Switzerland before repatriation. It is a retrospective account covering the period up to [Day 2] of a 13-day trek.
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