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Hugo Ironside
1918–2008
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- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- military personnel
Brigadier Hugo Craster Wakeford Ironside OBE (14 June 1918 â 3 October 2008) was a British Army officer who, during World War II, tunnelled out of a Prisoner of War camp and later helped construct a glider, known as the 'Colditz Cock'.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Oflag IV-CDates unknown
Biography
Brigadier Hugo Craster Wakeford Ironside OBE (14 June 1918 â 3 October 2008) was a British Army officer who, during World War II, tunnelled out of a Prisoner of War camp and later helped construct a glider, known as the 'Colditz Cock'.
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