This community remembers those who escaped from Holzminden POW Camp on 24 July 1918. This was a mass breakout with 29 men escaping before the tunnel collapsed. Of those who escaped, 10 successfully managed to get safely home.
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Born 1896
Died 1941
British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 25 Squadron
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78357 Flying Officer Royal Air Force 264 Squadron attd. 40 Squadron
Born 1896
Died 1919
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
Born 1894
Died 1939
Royal Navy Lieutenant
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander
Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS Nomad
Born 1892
Died 1983
Royal Navy Flight Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service
Born 1894
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers
British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers, attached Royal Flying Corps Taken prisoner, escaped to Holland August 1918, M.C.
Born 1897
Died 1922
British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Born 1886
Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry
Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Naval Air Service
Born 1886
British Army Lieutenant Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
Born 1894
Died 1976
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
British Army Second Lieutenant Seconded to Royal Flying Corp
British Army Lieutenant Attached to Royal Flying Corp
Born 1890
Died 1960
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
British Army Lieutenant Scottish Horse
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force
Born 1897
Died 1980
British Army 25981 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps
British Army 25981 Sergeant Royal Flying Corps
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
Born 1886
Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 11th Battalion
Born 1884
Died 1954
British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment
British Army Major Royal Irish Regiment
Born 1897
Died 1966
British Army 622 Private Newfoundland Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Newfoundland Regiment
Born 1884
Died 1942
Indian Army Captain 48th Pioneers Indian Army, and Royal Flying Corps
Born 1892
Died 1971
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
British Army Second Lieutenant The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Commander (Temporary Captain) Royal Flying Corp
Born 1891
Died 1935
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force