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简介:AngelaMacLeanbringsustheuntoldstoryofHMSTimbertownwheresailorsfromLewisbecameprisonersofneutrality.AfterthefallofAntwerpinOctober1914,1,500menfromWinstonChurchill'snewlyformedRoyalNavalDivisoncrossedtheborderintotheneutralNetherlandstoevadecapturefromtheGermanArmy. Incredibly,102menfromthatnumbercamefromtheIsleofLewis.ThesemenwouldbeinternedinacampintheNetherlandsforthedurationofthewar.Forthefirsttime,AngelaMacLeanretracesthejourneytheytookthroughthefortatAntwerp,tothebordercrossingwiththeNetherlandsandfinallytothetownofGroningenwherewoodenhutswerebuilttohousethemeninacampwhichbecameknownasHMSTimbertown. Angelauncoverswhatlifewaslikeinthecamp:fromthehighsofthefootballmatches,tothelowsoffailedescapeattemptsandtherealityofdeath.…