Newspaper cutting from Newcastle journal, North Mail, 17 Sep 1945. Front page heading 'Airmen dug for 350ft to freedom' , first uncensored account of escape from German P.O.W camp. [2 pages]
Assorted documents. Newspaper cutting from Newcastle journal, North Mail, 17 Sep 1945. Front page heading 'Airmen dug for 350ft to freedom' , first uncensored account of escape from German P.O.W camp. [2 pages]
Record Details
| Item reference: | LIS/6/8 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 20th century; 1945 |
| Creator: | Lister, Francis Allen |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Newspaper cuttings of the Drakensburg Mountain Range, in Natal, South Africa. [5 pieces] Undated. (Manuscript) (LIS/6/1)
- Plan with strong points and ditches marked, signed Commander (E) Lister. Undated. (Manuscript) (LIS/6/2)
- Letter to Lister from Mrs F.M. Combey 13 Nov 1944, enclosing seven photographs of Cathedral Peak in the Drakenburg mountain range, Natal, South Africa. (Manuscript) (LIS/6/3)
- Three newspaper cuttings of Drakensburg mountain range in Natal, South Africa. Undated. (Manuscript) (LIS/6/4)
- List of names for cocktail party, 4 Aug 1938 at United Services Sports Club, Malta. Three acceptance letters to Lister. (Manuscript) (LIS/6/5)
- A draft for newspaper article (LIS/6/9), 'A Short Holiday in the Drakensburg'. On leave in Natal, South Africa, while HMS NEWCASTLE was being re-fitted. Undated. (Manuscript) (LIS/6/6)
- Two pages from Sunday Times, Johannesburg, 13 May 1945. 'Diary of the War', a record of events. (Manuscript) (LIS/6/7)
- Newspaper cutting from Newcastle journal, North Mail, 17 Sep 1945. Front page heading 'Airmen dug for 350ft to freedom' , first uncensored account of escape from German P.O.W camp. [2 pages] (Manuscript) (LIS/6/8)
- Two copies of a one page article in the Cape Times, Weekend magazine, 19 January 1946, 'I discover the Drakensburg', by Commander F.A. Lister. (Manuscript) (LIS/6/9)
- Eleven cartoons relating to war. [11 items] Undated. (Manuscript) (LIS/6/10)
- Menu, toasts, and musical programme for 'Engineering department H.M. Dockyard, Malta, staff dinner, 14 January 1938'. [1 item] (Manuscript) (LIS/6/11)
- Programme for the Royal Malta Yacht Club Regatta, 25 Jun 1938. [1 item] (Manuscript) (LIS/6/12)
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