seaforth78 Posted 31 January , 2017 Share Posted 31 January , 2017 (edited) I'm off balance here when it comes to OR research; could anyone confirm if his service papers are around? I think he left before 1914. Thanks! Edited 31 January , 2017 by seaforth78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 31 January , 2017 Share Posted 31 January , 2017 He was taken PoW,his ICRC record is here: https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/4963033/3/2/ and two further possibilities https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/5756157/3/2/ https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/1431390/3/2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 31 January , 2017 Share Posted 31 January , 2017 (edited) James Harvey, 7706, Royal Munster Fusiliers was captured at Etreux on 27 August 1914 https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/4963033/698/10503/ Looks like he arrived at Friedrichsfeld P.O.W. camp on 4 October 1914 https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/4963033/698/688/ Repatriated, arriving at Dover on 28 November 1914 https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/4963033/699/52426/ Edit to add:- no service records seen on ancestry.co.uk Edited 31 January , 2017 by HarryBrook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 31 January , 2017 Share Posted 31 January , 2017 (edited) Hi, It doesn't appear that James has surviving service papers. His service number would appear to date from 1904/05 - see here. In the 1911 census he may have been in India, at that time with the 1st Battalion. Regards Chris Edited 31 January , 2017 by clk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaforth78 Posted 4 February , 2017 Author Share Posted 4 February , 2017 Thank you all for this. Admittinly this query was for an acquaintance outside the forum from Ireland who has tendered his thanks. I learned quite a bit here. Out of interest, are the OR's records of the RMF's mostly lost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emo924 Posted 7 February , 2017 Share Posted 7 February , 2017 Hi I am currently researching another Munster Fusilier who was also taken POW at Etreux. Frustratingly information on him is virtually non-existent. There are no service papers on either Ancestry or FMP. As an experiment I took details of many other men taken POW there who had enlisted around the same time - going by their service numbers - I found papers for none of them. It may be just coincidence that all these men's files fell victim to the Luftwaffe or there may be another reason why the papers have disappeared. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckop4 Posted 15 August , 2018 Share Posted 15 August , 2018 I have also found it extremely difficult to find information on the Etreux RMF POWs. However, any information that I have found has been in local newspapers and I have gathered all of this into my book https://www.amazon.co.uk/LAST-ABSOLUTION-Royal-Munster-Fusiliers/dp/1973208253/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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