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21st April 1998
ESCAPERS & EVADERS BEHIND BARBED WIRE
After 55 years, some of the Allied Forces most heroic escapees and evaders will be back behind barbed wire in a PoW Camp, many of them accompanied by those that helped them escape all those years ago.
Following the success of the first Evaders & Escapeed weekend last May, Eden Camp will again be playing host to this unique group of individuals. The reunion takes place on Satuarday 25th April 1998. It will be the largest gathering of those involved in the Escape Lines ever.
We expect over 300 to attend, including members of the Royal Air Force Escaping Society, Army Pow Escape Club (Retired), Monte San Marino Trust, Special Forces Club and MGB Association, who will be travelling from all corners of Great Britain. We also have representatives travelling from the South of France, Belgium, Denmark and Holland.
They will be large in number of highly decorated veterans attending, the majority of which will be staying in the nearby towns of Malton and Scarborough. Those taking part in the reunion are expected to start arriving from 10.00 am with a short service and wreath laying ceremony being held around our war memorial at approximately 12.00 noon. The official opening of the new 'Escape Lines' exhibition in Hut 9 will commence at around 2.00pm.
There has never been a mass meeting like this anywhere in the world before. It will be a unique event, and as those directly involved in the events of evasion and escape in the Second World War get older, it is difficult to envisage such an international gathering happening again.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Museum if you require any further details.
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