WWII Autograph Book; Lincolnshire POWs.

The autograph book contains about 40 signatures collected by a teenage girl living in Northern Lincolnshire in the 1940s. A number of German and Italian POWs signed the book for her. Their names are:

German prisoners

Joh. Ptock P.O.W., Grimsby Helmut von Brack Otmar Hühft Fritz Bluhm Xaver Staiger Erich Kloska, Kirmington Camp. P.O.W. (Jimmy) Willy Barz Willi Beutler Kurt Gümmel Otto Bohs Erich Hepronat or Gepronat Ludwig Hänint

Italian prisoners

Signor Bartolotta, Vittorio Piazza Municipio, Limina N. 195, Roma, Italia. Italian P.O.W. Celestino Biagini, Borgo a Buggiano, Pistoia, Florence, Italy Giani Virginio, Vaprio D’Adda, Milano Giovanni Scaraggi, Via Vittorio, Alfieri, Bitonto, Bari. (John) Malanho?? Berto, Viterbo, Italy

Some of the other autographs

E. Baker RAF G. Myles RAF James Broomfield, Teindhillgreen, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland