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Continuing his analysis of historic records surrounding Raikeswood camp, historian Alan Roberts takes a look. The presence of 683 unwelcome guests at Raikeswood Camp must have placed a considerable strain on the town’s limited resources, particularly when so many Skiptonians were serving with the British armed forces. At first glance it might not seem that exciting a subject, yet it gives some interesting, if not quirky, insights into a town trying to do its best under extremely difficult circumstances. Skipton U.D.C, or Skipton Urban District Council was one of the forerunners of today’s Craven District Council. The minutes of the meetings were taken, but reports of some of the proceedings could not be reported in the press because of restrictions on publishing anything which could possibly assist the enemy, and that included any mention of Raikeswood Camp. ....
EDWARD Snee attended a grammar school in Kassel in the centre of today’s Germany. He would eventually spend a total of six years there. His knowledge of German was superb, particularly in the way young people in high schools and universities spoke. Many of the German officers at Skipton were not very much older. Snee seemed to understand the German way of thinking, and the officers perhaps tended to over-confide in him. Sadly for them Snee was first and foremost a British officer. Before the war he had been a schoolteacher in Kent. His natural friendliness was doubtless part of his training, yet there would be limits to what was acceptable: anything he discovered that was in any way untoward would be reported to the appropriate authorities. The Germans also complained that he started many rumours in the camp which led to outbursts of great excitement followed by intense disappointment when they turned out to be false. The Germans saw this as a deliberate attempt on Snee� ....
Alan Roberts writes. GERMAN crewmen prepared to leap into the freezing waters off the coast of southern Ireland after a successful attack by two American destroyers USS Fanning and USS Nicholson. The German crew was wearing primitive life jackets as the men made their way to safety on the American ship. Many were in a very weak condition. One man could not hold on to the lifeline that had been thrown to help him. Two American sailors heroically dived into the water to rescue him, but he died shortly after being brought on board USS Fanning. Lieutenant Friedrich Müller, one of four officers on board U-58, spent just over a month at Skipton Camp before being shipped across the Atlantic to a prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia. ....
Alan Roberts writes. GERMAN crewmen prepared to leap into the freezing waters off the coast of southern Ireland after a successful attack by two American destroyers USS Fanning and USS Nicholson. The German crew was wearing primitive life jackets as the men made their way to safety on the American ship. Many were in a very weak condition. One man could not hold on to the lifeline that had been thrown to help him. Two American sailors heroically dived into the water to rescue him, but he died shortly after being brought on board USS Fanning. Lieutenant Friedrich Müller, one of four officers on board U-58, spent just over a month at Skipton Camp before being shipped across the Atlantic to a prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia. ....