markinbelfast Posted 20 December , 2004 Share Posted 20 December , 2004 Doing my family tree; I just found out today that my 15th batt Irish Rifles g-g-grandfather was a pow Oct 1917 until the end of the war.... any help as to where should start?....now just give me a second to hide the recently exposed skeletons in the closet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Samson Posted 20 December , 2004 Share Posted 20 December , 2004 Hi Mark, You could start by looking up your g-g-grandfather on our POW database: http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 20 December , 2004 Share Posted 20 December , 2004 Mark - check the 'Weekly Telegraph' .... accounts of guys being POW regular occurences. I have 'herds' of them post March 21, 1918. Including my Grandad!! Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markinbelfast Posted 20 December , 2004 Author Share Posted 20 December , 2004 Cheers.....he isnt in the site listed... des...would the newspaper lib in Belfast have the weekl telegraph or is it a mainland production... finally...deleted all my pm's would the chap with 'cousins' in the his sig pm his addy and I'll send the article about his relative! cheers mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 20 December , 2004 Share Posted 20 December , 2004 Mark - weekly telegraph seemed to cover most of NI ...we had the 'Ballymena Weekly Telegraph' but it had LOADS of stuff about men from all over NI and thousands of pictures. I know there are huge numbers of Belfast men in it. I just assumed it was an 'edition' thing? I.E. each town had their own 'weekly telegraph'?? Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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