Outwitting the Hun A Refugee’s Escape and Buckingham Palace Meeting
A British officer details his escape from Germany to Holland and Rotterdam, aided by Dutch civilians. He then reaches London, shares his tale with King George V at Buckingham Palace, and reflects on internment, American neutrality, and postwar reception.
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Holland
Rottterdam
Rotterdam
Belgium
Ghent
Einhoffen
England
Leftenant
Homecoming Banquets After Prisoner of War Return
The narrator recalls a series of celebratory banquets at the Savoy Hotel aboard his return from Germany. He reunites with Lieutenant Laschelles on the Atlantic voyage who doubts his survival, then travels via St John and Momence before expressing renewed longing for home and a dreamlike memory of his wartime escape.
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Savoy
Germany
Folelows
Louis Grand
Pat
London
Atlantic
Lascelles
Lke Pat O'Brien
Flying Corps
Canada
France
St. John
New Brunswick
Momence
Kankakee River
Presented to the King at Buckingham Palace
The narrator recalls December 7 as the day he was taken through Buckingham Palace to meet King George. He describes the guards, officials, and ceremony, noting the coaching and nerves before being ushered into the royal presence.
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Pat O'Brien
England
Belgium
Courtrai
Buckingham Palace
Bobby
Earl Cromer
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America
AST
Antwerp
Neutraity
M. J. O'Brien
Berlin
Luxembourg
Royal Flying Corps
Paul Raney
Cox & Co
O’brien
P. A. ‘O'Brien
Regent’s Palace Hotel
Cromer
Leftenant O'Brien
Tce Gay
Italy
Salonica
Egypt
Harly Cromer
O'Brien
King George
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