Chronology of World War II

Monday, September 25


Captured British Paratroopers Escape


Captured British Paratroopers Escape
Four British paratroops clamber ashore from a small rowing boat at Nijmegen. They were captured at the Van Limburg Stirum School alongside Arnhem Bridge and taken to a transit camp at Emmerich in Germany, but escaped and found a rowing boat, in which they made their way down the Rhine and into the Waal to Nijmegen and freedom. Left to right: Cpl John Humphreys, Cpl Charles Weir, Lt Dennis Simpson, and Capt Eric Mackay, all of the 1st Para Squadron, Royal Engineers; they are shown here re-creating the moment of their arrival at Nijmegen for the camera.