jAGERdMAN Posted 16 November , 2021 Share Posted 16 November , 2021 Hi all, hoping to get some information in regards to POWs in WW1. My great grandfather Edwin Blake #2134598 was missing and captured in Oct 1918 Any idea where I can find out where he was prisoner or anything pertaining to being a POW? I'm rather curious and haven't been able to find any information on it Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 16 November , 2021 Share Posted 16 November , 2021 Hi Have a look on https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jAGERdMAN Posted 16 November , 2021 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2021 Thanks, though I haven't been able to find him in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 16 November , 2021 Share Posted 16 November , 2021 "Blake" is filed under "Black" (The archive is ordered phonetically) But as he was reported missing on 5th November 1918, and reported POW 2 weeks after the Armistice, I doubt the report ever made it to the Red Cross, seeing that he is released and in Dover 5 weeks after reported missing. There is no card for him under "Canadians": https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Search/#/3/2/224/2333590/British and Commonwealth/Military/black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jAGERdMAN Posted 16 November , 2021 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2021 Thanks for clarification, guess it would make sense as he wasn't one for long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 16 November , 2021 Share Posted 16 November , 2021 If you know in which regiment he served you can maybe find out where he was wounded/taken POW through the war diaries? War diaries info: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/Pages/war-diaries.aspx Search: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/collectionsearch/Pages/collectionsearch.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jAGERdMAN Posted 16 November , 2021 Author Share Posted 16 November , 2021 He was with the 13th Battalion CEF, I will have a look through the war diaries again, previous times I have searched I may have had the wrong dates. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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