Guest scott leader Posted 17 May , 2005 Share Posted 17 May , 2005 With the 2/Suffolk's having a lot of POW taken at Le Cateau in August, does anyone have a list of OR's, I have a trio to a Pte that might be one?? Pte J W Crabb - 2/Suffolk's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scott leader Posted 21 May , 2005 Share Posted 21 May , 2005 OK then, how might I beable to search him, reg museum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 21 May , 2005 Share Posted 21 May , 2005 Does it say POW on his MIC? I don't know of any list of men who were POW from this battalion; if you turn one up I would be interested as I have a 14 Trio to a man from this unit whose card states POW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted 21 May , 2005 Share Posted 21 May , 2005 I have a trio as well, with the POW notation, 6488 Pte.N.Bird, 2/Suffolks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 21 May , 2005 Share Posted 21 May , 2005 No medals, but this MIC is for my Great-Uncle: Walter Brooksbank, 2nd Suffolks, Capture 26-8-1914 at Le Cateau, prisoner at Doberitz. (Checked to Service Records, originally posted as missing) Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scott leader Posted 22 May , 2005 Share Posted 22 May , 2005 Yes the MIC does state P.O.W, I would say theirs a 90% change that any 2/Suffolk's soldier who is confirmed as POW must be for Le Cateau?? Any idea weather we could find a list on-line?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 22 May , 2005 Share Posted 22 May , 2005 I have seen at least 3 different line ups of (allegedly) 2nd Suffolks prisoners at Doberitz in the local paper on film at my local library from Mar-Aug 1915 I think. Each has about 20-30 men in it, if I remember rightly, total of about 75 men (?) unless of course they are all the same men! I didn't take any copies at the time because they didn't have a copy printer available. I will take some copies next time I'm at the library and post them if you want (though the quality may not be up to much) I would say that if Pte Crabb was taken prisoner at Le Cateau then there is a reasonable possibility that he could have been at Doberitz. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted 22 May , 2005 Share Posted 22 May , 2005 Check the Times online. It lists men who are missing presumed dead/PoW etc. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 22 May , 2005 Share Posted 22 May , 2005 It does, but it does not tell you when they went missing or were POW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted 22 May , 2005 Share Posted 22 May , 2005 It does, but it does not tell you when they went missing or were POW. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Paul You are quite right but if the mans name is listed, say in September 1914, he couldn't have gone missing or become a PoW after this date. It allows one to narrow down the timeframe for an event. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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