Horace Greasley, 2nd/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment

[Story]

Horace Greasley, who died on February 4 aged 91, claimed a record unique among Second World War PoWs – that of escaping from his camp more than 200 times only to creep back into captivity each time.

The reason for the frequency with which Greasley put his life in danger, he admitted with engaging good humour and frankness, was simple: he had embarked on a romance with a local German girl. Rosa Rauchbach was, if anything, running even greater risks than Greasley.

A translator at the camp where he was imprisoned, she had concealed her Jewish roots from the Nazis. Discovery of their affair would almost certainly have meant doom for them both.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obi.../army-obituaries/7223148/Horace-Greasley.html

Check the look he's giving Himmler. :eusa_clap

 

[matrioshka]

You know the POW in that photo is Russian, yes?

I've seen that photo before, that's why I know.

M

 

[Guttersnipe]

The fellow is also wearing a M35 Pilotka.

You know the POW in that photo is Russian, yes?

I've seen that photo before, that's why I know.

M

 

[H.Johnson]

Perhaps he was also a master of disguise as well as a great lover...

 

[Story]

I've seen that photo before, that's why I know.
M

So have I. You forgot to mention it's reversed, tho.

Back when I had my National Archives researcher's card, I ran across a fair number of mislabeled photos. I've never seen the original PK caption for this photo.

The fellow is also wearing a M35 Pilotka.

Congrats, you were the first to post a Fedora Lounge Hat Mystery - which is why I posted this in the WWII forum instead of the 'Last Respects' thread.

So, how do you tell the difference from the cap in that photo and the Commonwealth side cap?

www.paoyeomanry.co.uk/LY3.htm
Now that the photo is properly oriented, the two buttons of the UK sidecap would be on the skinny guy's left side, out of sight. [huh]

As for the civilian prisoners in the background, Greasley was moved to Freiwaldau, an annex of Auschwitz.

 

[BellyTank]

The Commonwealth cap and the Russian one are not very similar at all.


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