aramsay Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 I was wondering if anyone could explain the ICRC / Red Cross procedure for reporting on British soldiers who died or died of wounds behind German front line. As an example..... 7873 Pte. Robert CAMPBELL, 1st Black Watch 9/May/1915 ..... Battle of Aubers Ridge 22/May/1915 ..... reported missing in Daily Record 7/June/1915 ...... date of German Totenliste / unknown grave (ICRC document) 12/June/1915 ..... above document given ICRC date stamp At the moment, I am assuming he died at Aubers. How long after he actually went missing would it have appeared in the papers ? As there is no known grave, did the Germans just gather up i.d. discs off bodies as they lay, and then produce the Totenlisten to forward on to the ICRC ? The date of death on CWGC website is given as 12/June1915. Was this normal that the ICRC report date was used for this, as almost certainly it was not the actual date of death ? Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Black Posted 3 May , 2021 Share Posted 3 May , 2021 Alan, The wrong date of death for a bunch of Black Watch men, who likely died in late October and early November 1914, are recorded by CWGC as Died PoW in June 1915. Cheers, Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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