Sue S Posted 28 August , 2013 Share Posted 28 August , 2013 Hi, Can anyone help me with a story I read in the Hull Daily Mail dated 1919? It concerns a German POW by the name of Willy Oster who, it is stated, was shot by a guard at a POW camp in July 1919. Does anyone know of the circumstances surrounding this shooting? Willy is now buried at Cannock Chase. Thanks. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 28 August , 2013 Share Posted 28 August , 2013 Although there is an article in the Hull Daily Mail which describes the shooting as inadvertent, there is a previous article (14/7/1919) which state that Oster had thrown a brick at a sentry who then shot him dead. Apparently, the prisoners were consequently led by their officers in refusing to attend roll call, and the Royal Defence Corps were called in to help restore order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue S Posted 29 August , 2013 Author Share Posted 29 August , 2013 Your help is appreciated. Thank you. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilEvans Posted 29 August , 2013 Share Posted 29 August , 2013 I'm assuming he was at Park Hall Camp, there was a little German prisoner of war cemetery there. I have, however, not come across him, as there is no mention in the Wellington News & Shrewsbury Journal. Thanks for letting me know. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdoyle Posted 29 August , 2013 Share Posted 29 August , 2013 From German (Bavarian) rosters Name: Willy Oster Birth Date: 4 Feb 1900 Birth Place: Burggrub B A Kronach Combat Arm: Infanterie Type of Unit: Gebirgs-Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon His name appears in this entry at TNA http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C2617751 Park Hall Camp is mentioned in this article but no details http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2009/12/22/the-great-escape-%E2%80%94-shropshire-style/ as he died in the UK, he has an entry in the death registers Name: Willi Oster Birth Date: abt 1899 Date of Registration: Sep 1919 Age at Death: 20 Registration District: Oswestry Inferred County: Shropshire Volume: 6a Page: 601 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue S Posted 30 August , 2013 Author Share Posted 30 August , 2013 Thanks to both of you. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickpreston@nasuwt.net Posted 30 August , 2013 Share Posted 30 August , 2013 Is there a web Site where one can find German Pow burried in GB?. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsten Posted 30 August , 2013 Share Posted 30 August , 2013 With this place of birth and this unit Willy Oster might have been a Bavarian soldier. So his service records could still exist in the Bavarian Kriegsarchiv in Munich. It might be worth an inquiry. Just in case someone wants to do some further research ... Regards, Karsten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken S. Posted 30 August , 2013 Share Posted 30 August , 2013 He should be listed here: http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1631 His entry in the German war graves database: Willy Oster ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Cannock Chase. Endgrablage: Block 12 Reihe 5 Grab 149 Nähere Informationen zu diesem Friedhof erhalten Sie hier. Name und die persönlichen Daten des Obengenannten sind auch im Gedenkbuch der Kriegsgräberstätte verzeichnet. Sie können gern einen Auszug bei uns bestellen. Bitte beachten Sie, dass auf einigen Friedhöfen nicht die aktuelle Version ausliegt, somit kann der Name Ihres Angehörigen darin evtl. noch nicht verzeichnet sein. Nachname: Oster Vorname: Willy Dienstgrad: Musketier Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 12.07.1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 31 August , 2013 Share Posted 31 August , 2013 RJP There is this site (set to Cannock Chase) http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/Namensregister-Soldatenfriedhof-Cannock-Chase_Friedhofdetails_1_884.html or this http://www.volksbund.de/graebersuche.html Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue S Posted 8 September , 2013 Author Share Posted 8 September , 2013 Thanks to everyone who posted. A friend has now found a report in a local newspaper. Kind regards Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 8 September , 2013 Share Posted 8 September , 2013 Sue, And what did it say ? Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue S Posted 9 September , 2013 Author Share Posted 9 September , 2013 It was very involved but basically there had been some unrest in the camp. A guard was pelted with stones and fired in the air to summon help. Willy Oster was on the roof and the bullet hit him. Coroner's verdict: misadventure. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 3 October , 2013 Share Posted 3 October , 2013 Hi Sue, Thanks for that. Sorry for not replying sooner, been away on hols. Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genevieve Tudor Posted 15 November , 2013 Share Posted 15 November , 2013 Hello I'd like to get hold of the newspaper report and court report of this incident. Can you tell me where to search? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue S Posted 16 December , 2013 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2013 Hi Genevieve, Someone has borrowed my file relating to Cannock Chase. I will try to remember to post the details when the file is returned. Don't be afraid to remind me. Kind regards Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 7 January , 2014 Share Posted 7 January , 2014 Hi Newspaper re Oster here http://cymru1914.org/en/view/newspaper/4010442/6/ART32/german%20killed%20inquest Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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