P.Rhodes Posted 28 November , 2010 Share Posted 28 November , 2010 Hello friends I'm new to this forum and would like to make available to veiw, post cards sent or brought home from the Karlsruhe POW camp by my uncle, Reg Worrall (Waide Reginald Worrall). He was one of 4 uncles to serve in that war, one killed and two captured. He was 2nd Lt RAMC, 1st/3rd West Riding Field Ambulance. One of the cards has signatures/names on the front, the others have signatures/names on the reverse with rank and regiment, perhaps someone will recognise an ancestor! I'm posting one picture as more would be too large a file. There are 3 with groups of men, the rest are photo's of the camp and the man in charge. If there is anyone who would like a copy of all 7 of the pc's and the names on the reverse please ask, I would be pleased to email original scans of the cards. W R Worrall standing left. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th Shropshires Posted 28 November , 2010 Share Posted 28 November , 2010 Hi Peter I do not think your photo can be seen, I can only see a box with red x in it ? Annette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 28 November , 2010 Share Posted 28 November , 2010 Hi Peter photo not showing Please try again if you are having difficuties posting , The Forum help files will assist you just click on help , You will find additional information on how to post images Kind regards Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Rhodes Posted 29 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 29 November , 2010 Annette and Ray Sorry, it looked OK when I posted it. I'll try again. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Rhodes Posted 1 December , 2010 Author Share Posted 1 December , 2010 Here's another, reverse with signatures to follow. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Rhodes Posted 2 December , 2010 Author Share Posted 2 December , 2010 Please find names/signatures on reverse of last photo posted. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Rhodes Posted 5 December , 2010 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2010 Here is the final group photo, reverse with names to follow. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Rhodes Posted 9 December , 2010 Author Share Posted 9 December , 2010 Reverse of previous photo, complete with names/signatures. Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Rhodes Posted 11 December , 2010 Author Share Posted 11 December , 2010 I think this chap must be the man in charge of the camp. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Thanks for posting these photos Peter. I believe Karlsruhe was a staging camp for officers before they were distributed to other camps in the region. There seem a fair few Tank Corps officers included - one would assume the photos are quite late into the war? Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Rhodes Posted 12 December , 2010 Author Share Posted 12 December , 2010 Thanks for posting these photos Peter. I believe Karlsruhe was a staging camp for officers before they were distributed to other camps in the region. There seem a fair few Tank Corps officers included - one would assume the photos are quite late into the war? Steve. Steve, glad you like em, I find them fascinating. Yes they are late in the war. As you will see from this attachment, they are from Aug 1918. I expect my uncle would have been released from there. Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasso Posted 14 February , 2011 Share Posted 14 February , 2011 Hello Peter Many thanks for sharing your photographs. I well remember visiting Reg and Madge at 99 Wynyard Road (and less often at Ben Lane). They were visits I always looked forward to. But until your post I never knew he had been a POW. I did get the tale of him being gassed in 1917 at Passchendaele. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasso Posted 15 February , 2011 Share Posted 15 February , 2011 Hello Peter I would be very interested to see the rest of the seven photographs. My contribution is the attached photograph - which has a caption saying that it is Waide Reginald Worrall in France during August 1917 - which, given the unit postings, would put him at or near to Passchendaele. Waide Reginald was my mother's uncle (two ways around!). Nigel Holymoorside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMAGH Posted 18 February , 2011 Share Posted 18 February , 2011 Annette and Ray Sorry, it looked OK when I posted it. I'll try again. Peter Peter The soldier in the Black Watch Tartan Kilt what is his name? Many Thanks Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Rhodes Posted 19 February , 2011 Author Share Posted 19 February , 2011 Joe Looking at the original, it looks like H.C. or F.C. Bell. Peter Peter The soldier in the Black Watch Tartan Kilt what is his name? Many Thanks Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMAGH Posted 19 February , 2011 Share Posted 19 February , 2011 Thanks Peter If I find any info, I will post it Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.Rhodes Posted 20 March , 2012 Author Share Posted 20 March , 2012 Thanks for posting these photos Peter. I believe Karlsruhe was a staging camp for officers before they were distributed to other camps in the region. There seem a fair few Tank Corps officers included - one would assume the photos are quite late into the war? Steve. Steve How right you are, it has come to light [its a long story] that the chap sitting at his desk is Corp P. Franke, he was at Camstigall / Kamstigall-bei-Pillau POW camp near Konigsburg [modern day Kaliningrad] on the Baltic coast. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC01 Posted 22 March , 2012 Share Posted 22 March , 2012 I live in Karlsruhe, maybe I should try to find the original camp site here and get some comparison photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC01 Posted 22 March , 2012 Share Posted 22 March , 2012 Seems its just a big hotel there now. Next to the Zoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nils d Posted 1 April , 2012 Share Posted 1 April , 2012 Steve How right you are, it has come to light [its a long story] that the chap sitting at his desk is Corp P. Franke, he was at Camstigall / Kamstigall-bei-Pillau POW camp near Konigsburg [modern day Kaliningrad] on the Baltic coast. Peter By the look of it hes the postal clerk or the camp censor. Thats a serious sized wrist-watch hes wearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGM Posted 1 April , 2012 Share Posted 1 April , 2012 My first thought on seeing the wristwatch was that it was mounted in rubber. Shock-proofed? Or maybe a wrist-mounted compass? CGM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 1 April , 2012 Share Posted 1 April , 2012 By the look of it hes the postal clerk or the camp censor. Thats a serious sized wrist-watch hes wearing. I believe it is a regular pocket watch which has been put into a rubber "gismo" in order to wear it as a wrist watch. The letter scale seems to be very well known to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nils d Posted 1 April , 2012 Share Posted 1 April , 2012 The letter scale seems to be very well known to me Yes but his is shinier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 1 April , 2012 Share Posted 1 April , 2012 You are right- I should get a POW who polishes mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nils d Posted 1 April , 2012 Share Posted 1 April , 2012 Hello Peter I would be very interested to see the rest of the seven photographs. My contribution is the attached photograph - which has a caption saying that it is Waide Reginald Worrall in France during August 1917 - which, given the unit postings, would put him at or near to Passchendaele. Waide Reginald was my mother's uncle (two ways around!). Nigel Holymoorside l doubt hes in France .Worrall is wearing a white hat band signifying hes still a cadet under training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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