michaeldr Posted 3 October , 2022 Share Posted 3 October , 2022 This man is almost certainly Pte 2012 who landed in Alexandria, Egypt, with the Worcesters on 24th April 1915; see MiC held at the NA ref WO 372/15/40650 Three years later, in April 1918, he was a PoW of the Ottoman Turks at their camp in Afionkarahissar in Anatolia, and at that time he wrote a Red Cross postcard to a young lady in Wales The crop below is taken from 'The Ottoman Field Post Offices, Palestine (1914-1918), The Alexander Collection,' (copyright: The Economic & Social History Foundation of Turkey), Istanbul, October 2000, ISBN 975-7306-72-X Is it possible to say where & when Trooper Oakley was captured? Thanks in advance for any help here Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 3 October , 2022 Share Posted 3 October , 2022 His first ICRC card, a family enquiry, references him being missing at Katia https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/4332531/3/2/ The associated report from the Turkish Red Crescent has him captured at Katia on the 23rd April 1916. https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/4332531/708/7464/ 2nd card links to the same report. https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Details/2523428/3/2/ Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 3 October , 2022 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2022 Peter, I'm very grateful for those links and for the information (I'm also too embarrassed to say how long my own vain searches of the RC site have taken) Many thanks again Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewSid Posted 3 October , 2022 Share Posted 3 October , 2022 (edited) Michael, You will perhaps have read (link below) by now. I’d read of the battle before so it rang a bell. Yeomanry were fixed in both Katia and Oghratina by the need to stay with the dismounted RE rather than exploit their mobility, especially when in advanced and largely unfortified positions. Depending on the accuracy of the reporting your man may well have been in the dismounted troop at Katia or the single squadron that reinforced them during the battle. The other two Worc Yeomanry squadrons were overwhelmed at Oghratina some 7 miles away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Katia Edited 3 October , 2022 by AndrewSid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 3 October , 2022 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2022 Thanks for the above Andrew I think that I also have to get hold of our GWF Pal, Stuart Hadaway's book on this action: see Simon Fielding's review https://greatwarresearch.com/2016/10/17/what-happened-the-next-two-hours-is-hard-to-relate-review-of-blood-on-the-sand-the-affair-at-qatia-sinai-desert-23-april-1916/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58 Div Mule Posted 3 October , 2022 Share Posted 3 October , 2022 Might also be worth watching’The Affair at Katie 23 April 1916 by Stuart Hadaway on the Western Front Association’s YouTube site? 58 DM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 3 October , 2022 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, 58 Div Mule said: Might also be worth watching’The Affair at Katie 23 April 1916 by Stuart Hadaway on the Western Front Association’s YouTube site? Thanks for that tip; yes it certainly was worth watching - Edited 3 October , 2022 by michaeldr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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