A MUSEUM will host a lecture all about the exploits of a remarkable Second World War soldier.

Lieutenant Mike Sinclair, known as 'The Red Fox of Colditz', was captured at Calais in 1940 and killed at the castle in 1941 - during his ninth escape attempt.

He spent more time free in occupied Europe than any other Prisoner of War and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his 'relentless devotion to escaping whilst a Prisoner of War'.

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The talk, by Brigadier Guy de Vere W. Hayes CBE, is at The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock next Wednesday.

Brigadier Vere is currently the chairman of trustees at The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum in Winchester.

Tickets are £10 at sofo.org.uk or 01993 813832.