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Codename given after World War Two to the escpae from Stalag Luft III, during the night of March 24th/25th, 1943, common known as "The Great Escape".

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Birkland, Henry J.* August 16th, 1917
† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: C Grave: 3

Brettell, Edward Gordon* March 19th, 1915
† March 29th, 1944
Plot: 9 Row: A Grave: 1-20

Bull, Leslie George "Lester"* November 7th, 1916
† March 29th, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: C Grave: 1

Bushell, Roger Joyce* August 30th, 1910
† March 29th, 1944
Grave: 9 A

Casey, Michael James O'Brien "Mike"* February 19th, 1918
† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: D Grave: 3

Catanach, James* November 28th, 1921
† March 29th, 1944
Grave: 9A

Christensen, Arnold* April 8th, 1922
† March 29th, 1944
Grave: 9A

Cochran, Dennis Herbert* August 13th, 1921
† March 31st, 1944
Grave: 9A

Cross, Ian Kingston Pembroke* April 4th, 1918
† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: C Grave: 2

Espelid, Halldor "Harold"* October 6th, 1920
† March 29th, 1944
Plot: 9 Row: A 

Evans, Brian Herbert* February 14th, 1920
† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: C Grave: 6

Fuglesang, Nils Jřrgen* October 7th, 1918
† March 29th, 1944

Gouws, Johannes S.* August 13th, 1919
† March 29th, 1944
Grave: 9A

Grisman, William Jack* August 30th, 1914
† April 6th, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: c Grave: 4

Gunn, Alastair Donald Mackintosh "Sandy"* September 27th, 1919
† April 6th, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: D Grave: 7

Hake, Albert Horace "Al"* June 30th, 1916
† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: D Grave: 4

Hall, Charles Piers Egerton "Chaz"* July 25th, 1918
† March 30th, 1944
Grave: 9A

Hayter, Anthony Henzell "Tony"* May 20th, 1920
† April 6th, 1944
Grave: 9A

Humphreys, Edgar Spottiswoode "Hunk"* December 5th, 1914
† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: C Grave: 5

Kidder, Gordon Arthur* December 9th, 1914
† March 29th, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: D Grave: 5

Kierath, Reginald Victor "Rusty"* February 20th, 1915
† March 29th, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: D Grave: 3

Kiewnarski, Antoni Wladyslaw* January 26th, 1899
† March 30th, 1944
Plot: IX Row: A 

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Kirby-Green, Thomas Gresham "Tom"* February 27th, 1918
† March 29th, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: D Grave: 7

Kolanowski, Wlodzimierz Adam* August 11th, 1913
† March 30th, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: C Grave: 5

Krol, Stanislaw Zygmunt* March 22nd, 1916
† April 12th, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: D Grave: 1

Langford, Patrick Wilson "Pat"* November 4th, 1919
† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: C Grave: 7

Leigh, Thomas Barker "Tom"* February 11th, 1919
† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: C Grave: 4

Long, James Leslie Robert "Les Cookie"* February 21st, 1915
† April 12th, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: D Grave: 6

Marcinkus, Romualdas* July 22nd, 1907
† March 29th, 1944
Grave: 9A

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McGarr, Clement Aldwyn Neville "Nev"* November 24th, 1917
† April 6th, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: D Grave: 6

McGill, George Edward* April 14th, 1918
† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: C Grave: 7

Milford, Harold John* August 16th, 1914
† April 6th, 1944
Grave: 9A

Mondschein, Jerzy Tomasz* March 18th, 1909
† March 29th, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: D Grave: 2

Pawluk, Kazimierz* July 1st, 1906
† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: D Grave: 5

Picard, Henri Albert* April 17th, 1916
† March 29th, 1944
Grave: 9A

Pohe, Porokoru Patapu "Lucky Johny"* December 10th, 1914
† March 31st, 1944
Grave: 9A

Scheidhauer, Bernard W.M.* August 18th, 1921
† March 30th, 1944
Grave: 9A

Skantzikas, Sotirios* August 6th, 1921
† March 30th, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: D Grave: 4

Stevens Rupert J.† March 29th, 1944
Grave: 9A

Stewart, Robert C.† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: C Grave: 6

Stower, John Gifford† March 31st, 1944
Grave: 9A

Street, Denys O.† April 6th, 1944
Plot: 3 Row: A Grave: 24

Swain, Cyril Douglas† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: C Grave: 1

Tobolski, Pawel Wilhelm* March 21st, 1906
† May 25th, 1944
Grave: 9A

Valenta, Ernost* October 25th, 1912
† March 31st, 1944
Grave: 9A

Walenn, Gilbert William "Tim"* February 24th, 1916
† March 29th, 1944
Grave: 9A

Wernham, James C.† March 30th, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: C Grave: 2

Wiley, George William† March 31st, 1944
Plot: 7 Row: D Grave: 2

Williams, John Edwin Ashley "Willy"* May 6th, 1919
† March 29th, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: D Grave: 1

Williams, John Francis* July 7th, 1917
† April 6th, 1944
Plot: 8 Row: C Grave: 3