Johnny Richardson
Johnny Richardson - a Cumberland legend.
A shepherd boy from Buttermere who was called up for World War II and sent to the front line in France. Posted next to Egypt, he was taken prisoner at Tobruk and shipped to POW camps in occupied Italy from which he escaped three times. While on the run he was sheltered in a mountain village near Rome for several months and went back 40 years later to thank ...
Johnny Richardson - a Cumberland legend.
A shepherd boy from Buttermere who was called up for World War II and sent to the front line in France. Posted next to Egypt, he was taken prisoner at Tobruk and shipped to POW camps in occupied Italy from which he escaped three times. While on the run he was sheltered in a mountain village near Rome for several months and went back 40 years later to thank ...
