headgardener Posted 7 April , 2015 Share Posted 7 April , 2015 An individual shot, unfortunately unsigned. Can anyone provide any suggestions for the cap badge? It's 9th Lancers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfrank Posted 8 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 8 April , 2015 Thanks for that last cap badge identification. A couple of images now of the graves of Medlicott and Waters complete with memorials stating 'shot while attempting to escape' and erected by their fellow prisoners of war- probably taken around the time of the Armistice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfrank Posted 8 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 8 April , 2015 Another individual shot of Pte Herbert Loseby 9719, D Coy 1st Leics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfrank Posted 9 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 April , 2015 This is the ultimate card in the photographer's numbering system. This is my personal opinion, but it appears to show a funeral procession. An armed German escort to the front followed by German officers/dignatories. There then appears to be a casket/coffin - to the centre of the image - flanked by British officers with a large group following behind. When I looked at the CWGC records, and particularly the concentration re-burial return for Medlicott and Walter dated March 1923, I noticed that alongside them in Bad Colberg had been buried Maj Frederick Arthur Harold Bealey of 6th Lancashire Fusiliers, wounded and captured on 21st March 1918 and who had died on 17th November 1918 of influenza/pneumonia. It's my suspicion, due to the probable timing of this photo being around the Armistice date, that this could possibly be an image of the funeral procession of Major Bealey before the prisoners were repatriated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfrank Posted 9 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 April , 2015 The remaining shots are those of other ranks that did not have the photographer's numbering system on them. First is another image of Alfred Herman of C Coy, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfrank Posted 9 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 9 April , 2015 ..........and another of Alfred Herman, 1CMR to the left with two of his fellow prisoners, unfortunately unidentified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfrank Posted 12 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 12 April , 2015 .....another shot of Private Robert J Fraser, B Coy, 16th AIF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfrank Posted 12 April , 2015 Author Share Posted 12 April , 2015 Unfortunately, this is the last photo from the album.. ...I hope putting them on here has provided some interest and will provide searchable details for future reference. This is Private John McWilliams, 48th Battalion, AIF. Captured on the same day as Pte Fraser, 11th April 1917 at the First Battle of Bullecourt when aged 39 years (if the RC records are to be believed - he looks younger to me!). Next of Kin listed as being his uncle, 'Mr Brennen' resident at Greenbushes , West Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfrank Posted 2 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 2 May , 2015 Just returning the album to the owner and noticed this card at the back. It's artwork to promote the staging of a late 19th Century farce/play by the POWs entitled 'The Private Secretary' that was written by Charles Hawtrey. The artist has helpfully signed his work 'AC Leech 1918'. 2nd Lt AC Leech, 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment who was captured on 28th April 1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroote Posted 23 January , 2020 Share Posted 23 January , 2020 (edited) We have an album which belonged to my wife's grandfather, Richard Nathaniel Montgomery, 2nd Lt, 222 Field Company, Royal Engineers. Many are duplicates of images already posted here. I'll try to post some of the others. This is Lt Montgomery. The picture is dated 13(?)/7/18 - presumably when it was taken. Edited 23 January , 2020 by maroote add picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroote Posted 23 January , 2020 Share Posted 23 January , 2020 Herewith a picture which I think must be of the funeral of Medlicott and Waters. It is not by Gunther. It appears to be an official photo - on the back is similar to the stamps on Lt Montgomery's official papers the stamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroote Posted 23 January , 2020 Share Posted 23 January , 2020 Here are some more pictures of the funeral assumed to be Major Bealey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroote Posted 23 January , 2020 Share Posted 23 January , 2020 Here are some pictures of what appears to be an art exhibition-probably in the autumn of 1918 based on Gunther's numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 9 June , 2020 Share Posted 9 June , 2020 On 01/03/2015 at 11:55, mrfrank said: Left - Captain Leopold James Graham-Toler MC. 4th Middlesex. I've seen some conflicting dates regarding his capture. The Red Cross records state that he was wounded on 27th August and put his date of capture as 3rd September 1914. Can anyone confirm? His home address is written to the reverse as Beechwood Park, Nenagh, Co Tipperary, Ireland. He was transferred in to Bad Colberg on 14th March 1918 so the photograph is taken sometime between that date and 21st May 1918. His MC was gazetted on the 2nd February 1920. Right - 2nd Lt Harold William Medlicott RFC. Captured at Courcelles 10th Nov 1915. Killed aged 25, along with Capt JS Walter of the Queen's RWSR, at Heldburg on the 21st May 1918 whilst attempting to escape. Buried at Nederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel. I've been reading some of my escape memoirs at it seems that Medlicott was one of , if not the , most persistant British escaper . He is mentioned in Bond's ' Prisoners Grave & Gay ' who refers to him as ' The Chief Burglar ' and says that he managed to obtain keys to every building in Clausthal and would be called upon the steal or hide various items . After an escape attempt when he and his companion were captured near to the Dutch border they were kept in a nearby cottage whilst awaiting return to camp , Medlicott's companion managed to break loose and the guard was prevented intervening by Medlicott. After this he was warned that if he ever tried escaping again he would be killed , so he spent his time training other would be escapers . In Hervey's 'Cage-Birds' he says that Medlicott was once kept locked up in a tall tower , it was so high up that no window bars were thought to be necessary , but he somehow managed to climb down the walls and escape . He says that because he was such a thorn in the side of the Germans he was murdered by them when he was caught after his final escape attempt and it was covered up by saying he and his companion were shot whilst resisting capture . I'm looking forward to reading Hardy and Cartwright's memoirs as i'm sure he must be mentioned by them as well . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 9 June , 2020 Share Posted 9 June , 2020 (edited) On 09/04/2015 at 21:58, mrfrank said: ..........and another of Alfred Herman, 1CMR to the left with two of his fellow prisoners, unfortunately unidentified. The two “unidentifieds” (Australians) are Private’s Fraser and McWilliams from the following posts (#57 & #58). They were clearly all chums. Edited 9 June , 2020 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfrank Posted 9 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 9 June , 2020 1 hour ago, FROGSMILE said: The two “unidentifieds” (Australians) are Private’s Fraser and McWilliams from the following posts (#57 & #58). They were clearly all chums. Well spotted Frogsmile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 9 June , 2020 Share Posted 9 June , 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, mrfrank said: Well spotted Frogsmile! Glad to help mrfrank. Brave men. They deserve to be remembered. Thank you for posting and sharing. Edited 9 June , 2020 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 13 June , 2020 Share Posted 13 June , 2020 Here is some more information on Harold 'Houdini' Medclicott , if anyone is interested http://ealingnewsextra.co.uk/history/first-world-war-harold-houdini-medlicott/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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