Prisoners of War in Italy

During the war my Italian grandparents and mother, born in London, helped British and South African escaped prisoners of war on the Piacenza/Parma border in Emilia. They were awarded an 'Alexander Certificate,' 'as a token of gratitude for and appreciation of the help given to Commonwealth Forces which enabled them to escape from, or evade capture by the enemy.'

At the end of the war my mother, Clara Dall'Arda, acted as translator for the Allied Military Governor in Piacenza, United States Major Lewis McIntyre. While in the city she met my father, Quartermaster Segeant Kenneth Winston Tudor, Royal Corps of Signals. They married in the United Kingdom in 1948.

I have researched my own family's wartime experiences, and the overall story, during recent years and am now a WW2 writer and researcher.

My books are: 'British Prisoners of War in Italy: Paths to Freedom,' 'Escape from Italy 1943-45,' and 'Special Force: SOE and the Italian Resistance 1943-1945,' all from Emilia Publishing.

I welcome contact with veterans and their relatives and am keen to relate the story of the people's war in Italy.

Malcolm Tudor
e-mail [email protected]

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