thetrenchrat22 Posted 21 January , 2019 Share Posted 21 January , 2019 Hi, what language were the Red Cross POW recorded in What does the attachment say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 21 January , 2019 Share Posted 21 January , 2019 German - i can read the odd word but not all without google translate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 21 January , 2019 Share Posted 21 January , 2019 Nr. 3/28644, Private 11/Cheshire, C Company, 22 years old, died, arrived dead on 30 March 1918 because of an injury of the upper arm in War Hospital "Normal school", section girls' school in Mons. Buried there on the city cemetery. Aktenzeichen 19936/W (internal reference) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 21 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 21 January , 2019 Hi thank you for you replies. It makes interesting reading please can you have a look at the other attachments and tell me what they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acknown Posted 21 January , 2019 Share Posted 21 January , 2019 OK , I'll have a go: Soldier 11 Chester Regiment C Company. 22 years old. Died 30.3.18 due to gunfire (upper arm) in war hospital to Mons. Buried on the city. Graveyard there. Fred, Edmond, soldier. 11 Cheshire E Company. Died 30.3.18 in war hospital girls' school Mons. Heavy blood loss. Acknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 26 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 26 January , 2019 I have now found the following. But something more interesting, I will post later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acknown Posted 26 January , 2019 Share Posted 26 January , 2019 Someone who actually speaks French will better this, but here's my attempt: No. 263. On 2nd April 1918, at eleven o'clock in the morning, after ascertainment (found out for certain?) We, Leon Save, Alderman, Civil Officer of the City of Mons - province of Hainaut established (recorded?) the act of death of Fred Edmond LUFT, English soldier, dead book (death register?) in Mons station on last March 31 and on the identity (established his identity?) It was impossible to obtain other information. Acknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 26 January , 2019 Share Posted 26 January , 2019 "we ... hereby draw up the death certificate / certify the death of ... concerning the identity of whom it was impossible to [etc] livré mort en gare = delivered dead to the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 26 January , 2019 Share Posted 26 January , 2019 Looks like he survived the war, so who was buried in his place? Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 28 January , 2019 Author Share Posted 28 January , 2019 (edited) His service record has survived and on the 23rd March 1918 was wounded in the head & the arm, where he was captured. On the 10th April 1918, he sent a post card from Casel, Germany to say he was a POW. He was finally discharged in March/April 1919. His medals were sent to 47 Norwood Grove, West Derby Road, Liverpool. His records show that the IWGC wrote to the War Office in November 1926 asking for the current home address. The records for Mons Communal Cemetery shows that he was buired in Plot 9, Row C, Grave 5 but it seems that the body was exhumed and that’s when the body was classified as UBS. He married Lillian Howard on 11th December 1921 and died on the 16th October 1938, Aged 41 so who is buired in his place and what else happened, will we ever know Edited 28 January , 2019 by thetrenchrat22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 28 January , 2019 Share Posted 28 January , 2019 I wonder if the corpse delivered dead to the station had, for some reason, a letter addressed to Fred Luft on him - to deliver, perhaps? - and that's what led to the mistaken identity. Mystifying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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