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Untitled[edit]

I have a lot of information for this article and will update/expand it soon. --Chazz88 11:06, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. It was just something interesting I came across so I started doind a little bit of research. I'll hold off till you add the bulk ot it--Looper5920 11:31, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Surname[edit]

Any information on why his surname is not that of his parents? Cheers, Lindsay 21:53, 18 October 2007 (UTC) His parents were Ben and Dorothy Bushell, same as Roger Bushell, but I am not sure where his middle name Joyce came from.[reply]

Buried[edit]

I'm pretty sure he wasn't buried;Nazi officials had the 50 airmen that were executed after the Great Escape cremated, and had their ashes sent back to the camp. I don't doubt he has a gravesite, but I'm pretty sure his body isn't in it. However, I could be wrong. :) 75.105.128.59 (talk) 23:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

His ashes are - along with his murdered compatriots - in a collective grave in Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery. Nick Cooper (talk) 12:25, 21 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Am currently reading his biography by Simon Pearson, The Great Escaper (2013) which seems to contradict the CWGC record in stating (Epilogue, page 363) "..Bushell's gravestone stands in the old garrison cemetery in Poznan...but his ashes remain in the pine forest south of what is now Zagan. His urn, which was returned to the camp..was broken, probably during the Russian advance into eastern Germany." A caption to a photo of the Commonwealth section of the cemetery states, "..the urns of the other Great Escapers are buried [here]. Bushell's urn was broken. His ashes remain scattered among the pines at Zagon (sic).Cloptonson (talk) 19:32, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Second escape[edit]

The following articles (presumably based on the Pearson book which they are promoting) disagree slightly with about the events surrounding his arrest in Prague.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066606/Roger-Bushell-Great-Escape-mastermind-private-papers-given-Imperial-War-Museum.html http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/421678/Life-and-loves-of-the-great-escaper

They show that he was arrested on a tip off, somehow related to an affair or a rebuffed affair with the daughter of the family who was sheltering them. Whereas the article here implies that it was merely bad luck.

Manolan1 (talk) 23:06, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Revision 1014234082[edit]

I reverted an edit by 142.114.185.202 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) due to formatting errors being introduced, however, the IP user has decided to revert my edit. As to avoid participating in an edit war, I will not redo my changes, instead allowing the community to discuss this. Sincerely, Deauthorized. (talk) 22:53, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]