Sojourn in Silesia: 1940 - 1945, by Arthur Charles Evans CBE
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Arthur Charles Evans was born in 1916 in the Wirral, Cheshire. The first years of his employment were at Lever Bros, soapworks at Port Sunlight, and then with the New Zealand Shipping Company. One voyage to Australia and then another to New Zealand convinced him he was not meant to be a sailor. To further his ambition to become a policeman, he enlisted in the Irish Guards in 1936. In May 1940, he was wounded and taken prisoner in Boulogne and spent the remainder of the war in prison camps in Upper Silesia. He returned to England in May 1945 and upon demobilisation, joined the Kent County Constabulary. Whilst still a Police Constable, and from 1956-1967 he was the General Secretary of the Police Federation for England and Wales, and it was in this capacity that he was appointed C.B.E. He was married to his wife Freda for 62 years, and they have 3 daughters. He retired aged 65, and spent much of his time gardening, bowling and cooking in his Kent home, and in later years caring for Freda. In March 2010, both Arthur and Freda moved into a local nursing home and where sadly Arthur passed away 3 days short of his 95th birthday. Freda remains in the good care of the nursing home. Profit from the sale of this book will be donated to The British Red Cross at the expressed wish of Arthur in the days before he died. He never forgot their role in his survival during his imprisonment.
Sojourn in Silesia: 1940 - 1945, by Arthur Charles Evans CBE- Amazon Sales Rank: #5895875 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-11
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .28" w x 5.50" l, .33 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 120 pages
About the Author Arthur Charles Evans CBE (21 March 1916 – 18 March 2011) is the author of Sojourn in Silesia: 1940 - 1945, in which he recounts his experiences of his time in World War II, between 1940 and 1945, in the prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag VIIIB. Thousands of young men were incarcerated in Stalag VIIIB, in Lamsdorf, by the Germans during World War II. Arthur recounted these experiences both in his book, as well as on his website, Lamsdorf Remembered. The website was created due to public response from the children and grandchildren of former inmates of Stalag VIIIB, the website originally named Lamsdorf Reunited was created to record stories and photographs from that experience. Arthur encountered the respected RAF pilot Douglas Bader while at Stalag VIIIB, and talked about his escape attempts in his book. Arthur himself is mentioned in a book called POW: Allied Prisoners in Europe, 1939–1945 by Adrian Gilbert who used Sojourn in Silesia for his information. Arthur was a member of The National Ex-Prisoner of War Association, whose patron is Dame Vera Lynn, DBE, LLD, M.MUS, and is mentioned in the August 2001 newsletter. On his website Lamsdorf Remembered, a half-hour Radio Kent interview with Arthur was published, as well as a blog called Letters from Stalag VIIIB, which is made up of Evans' letters home during his four years as a prisoner-of-war, which has now been published as a book and is available on Amazon.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Very good first-hand account of POW life in WW2 By terrylm Sojourn in Silesia, by Arthur Charles Evans, CBE, is a first-rate first-hand account of one Prisoner-of-War's experiences during the length of World War Two. From how he came to be taken prisoner, to the life and death remembrances of captivity, to enduring the rise and then fall of the German Army, Arthur faithfully recounts all he can remember of significance from the years 1940 through 1945. Engrossing reading, with references to people, places and activities everyone familiar with this dark period will recall. Highly recommended to anyone wishing to more fully understand personal response to institutional horror.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Sojourn in Silesia By Ranshelse I am glad that I finally got to read Sojourn in Silesia. My Dad fought on the beaches at Dieppe and was a POW for three years. He was a Canadian soldier held at Stalag VIIIB. It was so interesting to read this book and get some insight into the prison camp. I have my Dad's warlog from the camp with artwork by different prisoners, signatures and photos. I recommend this book highly!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Sojourn In Silesia A Keeper! By Doug Turnbull Sojourn in Silesia 1940-1945 is the memoir of Arthur Evans CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) and concerns his experiences in May of 1940 when he entered France as a member of the British Expeditionary Force, his subsequent wounding and capture by the Germans, his imprisonment in a German prisoner of war camp and his final liberation in May of 1945. Unlike most memoirs of World War Two, this one is not told from the point of view of a general, statesman or other grand strategist, but rather from that of an enlisted soldier: Arthur Evans was a sergeant. He tells a very engrossing, personal story, relating with considerable humility the story of his survival under sometimes horrendous conditions of exposure to the elements, brutality and near starvation. Acts of cruelty and kindness on the part of his captors are treated with an even hand in his narrative and he gives credit to his captors when it is due. Arthur Evans credits the International Red Cross with saving himself and his fellow prisoners from starvation during the first winter of his captivity and in the subsequent years and his heirs have arranged that the proceeds of any book sales go to that organization. This is an excellent book that never fails to carry the reader forward through Evans' five year ordeal. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in history and in stories of personal triumph over adversity.
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