C.H. Latimer-Needham
Cecil Hugh(" Chookie")
Latimer- Needham( 20 February 1900 – 5 May 1975) was a British aircraft designer, inventor and aviation author.
He is best remembered for the series of aircraft he designed for the Luton Aircraft company and his invention of the Hovercraft skirt for which he was granted a patent.
His book," Aircraft Design" proved to be an invaluable reference work for Bill Goldfinch and Jack Best during their construction of the Colditz glider.
The Germans were rather careless in providing a copy of the book in the Colditz prison library.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Ian Barry (director)
Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.
Machiel van den Heuvel
Machiel van den Heuvel( 7 May 1900, Haarlemmermeer – 29 June 1946, near Bandung) was a Dutch army officer.
As a prisoner- of- war in Oflag IV- C at Colditz Castle, Germany, during World War II, he served as Escape Officer for the Dutch POWs, a role also held by Captain Pat Reid, the author of" The Colditz Story", for the British.
Van den Heuvel played a key role in most Dutch officer escapes( such as Hans Larive, Francis Steinmetz and Anthony Luteyn) during the war.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
The Colditz Story
The Colditz Story is a 1955 British prisoner of war film starring John Mills and Eric Portman and directed by Guy Hamilton.
It is based on the book written by Pat Reid, a British army officer who was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, in Germany during the Second World War and who was the Escape Officer for British POWs within the castle.
Kenneth Lockwood
Captain Kenneth Lockwood( 17 December 1911- 8 October 2007) was a stockbroker and an officer in the British Army.
He was one of the first six British prisoners of war to arrive at Oflag IV- C, Colditz, in 1940.
He made and assisted in numerous escape attempts, working with the chairman of the escape committee, Pat Reid, and was still at the castle when it was liberated by the US Army in April 1945.
He was the honorary secretary of the Colditz Association for 50 years.
Lockwood was born in London, the son of a jobber at the London Stock Exchange.
He was educated at Whitgift School in Croydon, and then worked for his father's firm in the City of London.
He joined the Territorial Army's 22nd( County of London) Battalion of the London Regiment( The Queen's Royal West Surreys) in 1933.
He was mobilized in August 1939 and trained at Yeovil before being posted to Le Mans, commanding a company of the 1st/ 6th Battalion of the Queen's Royal Regiment.
After marching with his unit to Belgium, he was captured in the retreat to Dunkirk in May 1940.
He was sent to Oflag VII- C, at Laufen Castle.
With six other prisoners, including Pat Reid, he dug a tunnel to escape, thought to be the first escape from a German prisoner of war camp in the Second World War.
They escaped in two groups of three, with Reid leading the first group and Lockwood in the second group with Captain Harry Elliott of the Irish Guards and Captain Dick Howe of the Royal Tank Regiment.
All six were recaptured and sent to Colditz Castle, where they became the first British prisoners to join three Canadians, who had arrived the previous day, and over 100 Poles, who had been there since September 1939.
Lockwood made and assisted in numerous escape attempts, working with the chairman of the escape committee, Pat Reid.
Reid was later replaced as escape officer by Dick Howe, and escaped; Lockwood was still at the castle when it was liberated by the US Army in April 1945.
After the war, Lockwood returned to work in the City of London, then moved to work in a Jersey branch office for 10 years.
He became the secretary of the Colditz Association, organising regular reunions until the association was wound up in 2006.
In the 1955 film," The Colditz Story", based on Reid's book of the same name, Lockwood was played by Richard Wattis.
He received an MBE in 1990.
He never married.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
Guy Hamilton
Mervyn Ian Guy Hamilton, DSC (16 September 1922 – 20 April 2016) was an English film director.
He directed 22 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, including four James Bond films.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.

Question: What is the date of death of the director of film The Colditz Story?
Answer: 20 April 2016