POW at Dulmen Camp

[nigatt]

My great grandfather was at Dulmen. September to Novmber 1918. Couple of questions. Are there any books, articles, websites about POWs experiences of the camp?

I read a piece on the weB that stated they had to work down a coal mine!

Do we know how POWs got back home? Obviously released on 11 Nov 1918, but my grandad was back in England by December 1918 how?

Any responses gratefully received.

[Jon Wilcox]

My great grandfather was at Dulmen. September to Novmber 1918. Couple of questions. Are there any books, articles, websites about POWs experiences of the camp?

I read a piece on the weB that stated they had to work down a coal mine!

Do we know how POWs got back home? Obviously released on 11 Nov 1918, but my grandad was back in England by December 1918 how?

Any responses gratefully received.

Hi Nigel, check these out

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...p;#entry1210369

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...showtopic=65536

http://heimatblaetter.heimatverein-duelmen...1918/index.html

http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/dbtw-wpd/...amp;FG=0&QS=

Jon

[hwstorey]

My great grandfather was at Dulmen. September to Novmber 1918. Couple of questions. Are there any books, articles, websites about POWs experiences of the camp?

My great grandfather, Canadian Sgt. Robert Parker Storey, was at Dulmen in 1916. I am currently in the process of transcribing his stories about his experiences as a POW. I just finished the section on Dulmen, but it's not quite as detailed as the description of Minden camp as he was only in Dulmen for a few weeks. He wrote that Dulmen was a nicer POW camp because it was a "show" camp, this was one of the camps they would show the Red Cross to prove that they were treating the soldiers well. Most in the early parts of the war didn't stay long at Dulmen, maybe only a couple weeks. He describes in great detail the delousing and sterilization (of their clothes) process. He mentioned the various jobs required of the soldiers, he wasn't all that specific except for the group who would be taken up to the camp cemetery once a week to do maintenance. He also described what the bunks were like but the most description comes from the food and camp routine.