John ‘Bosun’ Chrisp (1908–2006) MBE RN was a British author, Royal Navy sailor, a World War II veteran and a Colditz survivor.
[1] In WWII he was captured and as a POW Chrisp, after two escape attempts was eventually noted as an incorrigible and sent to high security Colditz.
[1] Chrisp, as a skilled ropeman, became an invaluable asset for his escaping comrades inside the castle.
[1] His rope skills played a part in the famous ‘Franz Joseph’ escape.
[1] He was also noted for his role in the 1944 sewer escape attempt inside Colditz castle which made use of his bosun rope skills and which resulted in he and two others being faced by a firing squad.