Editing Michael Gilbert (section)

==Military service==
During the [[World War II|Second World War]], Gilbert served with the [[British Army]] in [[North African campaign|North Africa]] and [[Italian campaign (World War II)|Italy]] with the [[Honourable Artillery Company]]. In 1943, he was captured and taken as a [[prisoner of war]] in northern Italy near [[Parma]]. Along with [[Eric Newby]] and Tony Davies, Capt. Gilbert escaped after the [[Armistice of Cassibile|Italian surrender]] later that year, their escape involving a 500-mile journey south to reach the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] lines.<ref name=Telgrph>{{cite news|title=Michael Gilbert (obituary)|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1510088/Michael-Gilbert.html|access-date=13 November 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=10 February 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilbert |first1=Gerard |title=Following my father's escape from an Italian prisoner of war camp |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/apennines-trip-following-my-fathers-escape-from-an-italian-prisoner-of-war-camp-10511018.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/apennines-trip-following-my-fathers-escape-from-an-italian-prisoner-of-war-camp-10511018.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=8 May 2020 |work=The Independent |date=21 September 2015}}</ref>{{r|Guardian obit}}