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[Steve_W]

Can anyone tell me or have any info on a POW camp called Geflg Dulmen the reason i ask is my great grandfather went through the whole war he was gassed in 1916 and was captured in 1918 and i have very little info on this his brother died in 1918 he is buried at MIKRA in Greece.

[Doug Johnson]

Geflg = Gefangenenlager = Prisoner of War Camp

The camp is Dulmen and is a head camp or registration camp. Few prisoners spent any length of time in a head camp as most were moved to work camps though their address and registration would remain as the head camp.

A search of this part of the forum will reveal some photographs of the camp.

A plan of the camp and some good info is in "Prisoners of the Kaiser; The last POWs of the Great War"; Richard van Emden; Pen and Sword Books Limited; Barnsley; 2000

Other references are as follows;

Tommy at Gommecourt; Thomas James Higgins; Churnet Valley Books; Staffordshire; 2005 Captured in 1917, he was taken to Dülmen, Soltau, Elbingerode, Ronneberg, Hameln, Munster, Kohlenbissen, Ottersberg and Drentwede.

Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland; Prof Backhaus

In the Prison Camps of Germany, a Narrative of Y Service among Prisoner of War; Conrad Hoffman

Miscellaneous No 19 (1915) Further Correspondence with the United States Ambassador respecting the Treatment of British Prisoners of War and Interned Civilians in Germany; Cd 8108

Miscellaneous No 26 (1916) Further Correspondence with the United States Ambassador respecting the Treatment of British Prisoners of War and Interned Civilians in Germany; Cd 8297

Prisoners registered there in Oct 1918;

French Men 5 296

Russian Officers 1

Russian Men 1 135

Belgian Men 505

English Officers 1

English Men 2 595

Serbian Men 9

Rumanian Men 10

Italian Men 237

Portuguese Men 178

Civilians 6

Total 9 973

Doug

[Steve_W]

Geflg = Gefangenenlager = Prisoner of War Camp

The camp is Dulmen and is a head camp or registration camp. Few prisoners spent any length of time in a head camp as most were moved to work camps though their address and registration would remain as the head camp.

A search of this part of the forum will reveal some photographs of the camp.

A plan of the camp and some good info is in "Prisoners of the Kaiser; The last POWs of the Great War"; Richard van Emden; Pen and Sword Books Limited; Barnsley; 2000

Other references are as follows;

Tommy at Gommecourt; Thomas James Higgins; Churnet Valley Books; Staffordshire; 2005 Captured in 1917, he was taken to Dülmen, Soltau, Elbingerode, Ronneberg, Hameln, Munster, Kohlenbissen, Ottersberg and Drentwede.

Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland; Prof Backhaus

In the Prison Camps of Germany, a Narrative of Y Service among Prisoner of War; Conrad Hoffman

Miscellaneous No 19 (1915) Further Correspondence with the United States Ambassador respecting the Treatment of British Prisoners of War and Interned Civilians in Germany; Cd 8108

Miscellaneous No 26 (1916) Further Correspondence with the United States Ambassador respecting the Treatment of British Prisoners of War and Interned Civilians in Germany; Cd 8297

Prisoners registered there in Oct 1918;

French Men 5 296

Russian Officers 1

Russian Men 1 135

Belgian Men 505

English Officers 1

English Men 2 595

Serbian Men 9

Rumanian Men 10

Italian Men 237

Portuguese Men 178

Civilians 6

Total 9 973

Doug

Thanks for all the info

[Steve_W]

I know he went off to work in the mines while he was a prisoner does that ring any bells.

[dundeesown]

Hi Steve your two mens MICs.

James Cairns Service Records are on Ancestry 12 pages,if you don`t have access to Ancestry I will Email them to you.

all the best Gary.

Gary.

[Steve_W]

Hi Steve your two mens MICs.

James Cairns Service Records are on Ancestry 12 pages,if you don`t have access to Ancestry I will Email them to you.

all the best Gary.

Gary.

I dont have access to that any help would be greatly appreciated

[dundeesown]

Hi can you PM me with your email .?

Gary.