Yes Pat . I am wanting to know what month and year the Italian pows were in St Erth, Janet . ;[Jan] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Banks" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:29 AM Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Italian POW's > Poor Tom is getting everything but an answer to his question of time the > Italians were in Cornwall - presumably to establish a family date. > > Sorry Tom. Thoughts of Italian POWS's bring only happy memories. > Whereas the Germans remained in their camps, the Italians were sent out > to help on the farms around the district. I have many memories of > riding my bike along country lanes around Penzance when I was in my > teens (about 1942-4) and being greeted and waved to by the Ities as we > called them. I think they were relieved to be out of the war and from > under the foot of the Nazis and doing what they liked best - working in > the fields of a family farm. I don't recall any of them trying to > escape. > > Sorry Tom > > Pat > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2639/5551 - Release Date: 01/22/13 >

Hi Jan Two possible sources would be the Cornishman newspaper, published in Penzance, the Morrab Library or some very good St.Erth Parish records which are obtainable by googling that address. However, whether there would be any official record while the war was still in progress could be doubtful. The nearest Catholic church would be in Hayle (St.Elwyns??????) but try the Morrab Library for historical information. A lot of the prisoners either didn't get repatriated or came back as soon as they could. I remember the shock when I met a girl in Perth, Western Australia, who was more Italian than Mussolini but spoke with a broad Glasgow accent! Cheers Pat On 24/01/2013 4:16 PM, Jan Ashwin wrote: > Yes Pat . I am wanting to know what month and year the Italian pows were in > St Erth, Janet . ;[Jan] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Banks" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:29 AM > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Italian POW's > > >> Poor Tom is getting everything but an answer to his question of time the >> Italians were in Cornwall - presumably to establish a family date. >> >> Sorry Tom. Thoughts of Italian POWS's bring only happy memories. >> Whereas the Germans remained in their camps, the Italians were sent out >> to help on the farms around the district. I have many memories of >> riding my bike along country lanes around Penzance when I was in my >> teens (about 1942-4) and being greeted and waved to by the Ities as we >> called them. I think they were relieved to be out of the war and from >> under the foot of the Nazis and doing what they liked best - working in >> the fields of a family farm. I don't recall any of them trying to >> escape. >> >> Sorry Tom >> >> Pat >> ------------------------------- >> Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] >> >> Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information >> http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2639/5551 - Release Date: 01/22/13 >> > ------------------------------- > Listmom: [email protected] or [email protected] > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >