Dick Howe was captured by the Germans in 1940 and eventually held in Oflag IV-C, at Colditz Castle, where he served as Escape Officer from 1942 to 1945.
10 Facts About Dick Howe
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Dick Howe organised many escapes including eight successful home runs of British officers.
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Richard Herbert Howe was born on 21 June 1912 in Brazil, the son of Charles Herbert Howe and Ethyl Jeannie Maud Howe.
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Dick Howe was educated at Bedford Modern School between 1920 and 1930.
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Dick Howe served as a lance corporal on the Officers' Training Corps at Bedford and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Tank Corps on 13 May 1933.
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Dick Howe was one of six British officers who escaped, but were eventually recaptured.
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Dick Howe later replaced Reid as Escape Officer, co-ordinating all escape plans, after Reid himself escaped in October 1942.
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Dick Howe organised many escapes including eight successful home runs of British officers.
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Dick Howe remained a prisoner until the end of the war, but his efforts were recognized by being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in June 1946.
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Dick Howe died in hospital in Tunbridge Wells, Kent in 1981.