WW1 Centenary for POWs Interned in Switzerland - Château d'Oex, Sw

[GuyGirardet]

On Sunday 29, and Monday 30 May 2016, St. Peter’s will hold a WWI centenary event to remember the prisoners, from many nations, who were transferred to Switzerland for internment under the auspices of the Red Cross (ICRC). We will also commemorate the first contingent of 700 British prisoners of war, who arrived in Château d’Oex on 30 May 1916.

We are looking for personal history of soldiers interned in Switzerland. If any of your descendants, or relatives were interned, please get in touch, email: stpeterschateaudoex@gmail.com

More information on this event, including lots of background history, is available from: http://stpeters.ch/ww1-centenary-event-29-may-2016/

[GuyGirardet]

Thanks to a member of this forum, we've now been able to put a page in commemoration of Private J. Boland, Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Wounded, taken prisoner and later interned in Château d'Oex Switzerland in December 1917. See http://stpeters.ch/lifestory-michael-j-boland/

[Martin Bennitt]

BBC story on this event today, which mentions Guy. Well done that man.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36391241

Cheers Martin B