- Contributed by听
- Audrey Lewis - WW2 Site Helper
- People in story:听
- Mr. Westmoorland
- Location of story:听
- Yorkshire
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A2839089
- Contributed on:听
- 15 July 2004
Prisoner of War Camp Water Tower, Thirkleby in 2000
This interview took place on 30th July 1997.
"I worked on the railway for twenty years. During WW2 I was an apprentice plumber and brought over to the Thirkleby Prisoner of War Camp with others to work in the camp. We had to lay water to every hut. The Tower, which looked like a lookout, was a water tower and encased in brick.
The Italian soldiers were very different to the German prisoners in Skelton and Malton where I was working. They were very helpful and assisted us on our jobs. Later they were trusted to work on the nearby farms and fraternize with the local people. Some of these men stayed on in England when the war was over. The Germans were mainly U-boat men who would steal any work file or tool. They worked under armed guard.
At the time I was very young and didn't know the full implications of the work I was set to do."
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