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Newspaper cutting from Newcastle journal, North Mail, 17 September 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 September 1945. Front page heading 'Airmen dug for 350ft to freedom' , first uncensored account of escape from German P.O.W camp. [2 pages]

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ID:	LIS/6/8
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Lister, Francis Allen
Date made:	20th century; 1945
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	A series of documents including newspaper clippings, cartoons, menu, programme of Yacht Club, list of names for a cocktail party and photographs. (Manuscript) 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 November 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 August 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 September 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 June 1938. [1 item] (Manuscript) (LIS/6/12) Envelope marked 'photos, souvenirs, e.t.c'. Includes newspaper cuttings relating to the HMS NEWCASTLE, and photographs on board. (Manuscript) (LIS/6/13)

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