Eady, Wilton McPherson ED (Lieutenant Colonel, b.1916)

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Accession Number PR01821
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 2 wallets: x 3 cm, 1 oversize map.
Object type Papers, Map, Book
Maker Eady, Wilton McPherson
Place made Germany
Date made 1940-1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Collection of papers relating to Lieutenant Colonel Wilton M Eady of 2/8 Field Company. Eady was captured in Crete in May 1941 and imprisoned in Oflag VII B in Germany. Includes notes on POW rations; lists of Red Cross parcels; Red Cross envelopes and German postcards; various maps of Central Europe; a published German book on the Crete campaign 'Kreta: Sieg der Kuhnsten'.