Finding out more about POW WW1

[Lauraclarke76]

Hello

My great grandfather was a prisoner of war during the first world war and I wanted to find out more information about this. I have some papers but I am not sure what I should be looking for or where I can go for more information. My Great-grandfather was a sergeant in the 9th battalion of the Manchester Regiment. I am currently looking into where he served and when he was taken prisoner

Any advice on how to research this would be apreciated

Thanks and best regards

Laura

[Terry_Reeves]

Laura

Click on this link:

http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php

Terry Reeves

[themonsstar]

Hi Laura

Do you no when he was made a POW. and can you post his name & No cheers Roy

[Lauraclarke76]

Hi

Vivian Dyson service number 350806

but I'm not sure when he became a POW

Thanks

Laura

[Doug Johnson]

Laura,

Have you tried;

a) his MIC (can be obtained online) It MAY have some useful information.

The "burnt" records of WW1 soldiers to see if his still exists.

c) Followed the guidelines on this site.

Some two thirds of all Brits taken prisoner were taken in 1918.

Doug

[John84]

Hello

My great grandfather was a prisoner of war during the first world war and I wanted to find out more information about this. I have some papers but I am not sure what I should be looking for or where I can go for more information. My Great-grandfather was a sergeant in the 9th battalion of the Manchester Regiment. I am currently looking into where he served and when he was taken prisoner

Any advice on how to research this would be apreciated

Thanks and best regards

Laura

Hello Laura

The international committee of the Red Cross is where you want to be...the link below will take you straight to their on-line application form, if your great granddad was a prisoner of war, there is a very good chance the red cross will have details for him, i.e. date captured, where captured, camps held etc.....be warned if they do have details for him, they charge a fee for this service, and it is not cheap....at least it wasn't the last time I used it......good luck.

John.

http://www.icrc.org/Web/forms/webforms.nsf...1256D1300441284

[Lauraclarke76]

Hello

Thank you for all the advice, I will have a look at all the various sites over the next couple of days.

I have had a look at some paperwork of my great grandfathers and "Stammlager " is mentioned. I think he may have been here in the spring of 1918.

Thanks again

Laura

[scott henderson]

Hi Laura.

The charge for P.O.W research is 80 Swiss Francs per hour and they recommend a minimum of 2 hours. If no information is found they charge nothing.

That works out to about £35 per hour.

Scott.

Edited 22 December , 2005 by scott henderson

[Doug Johnson]

Laura,

My German is not very good but I think that Stammlager is a type of camp rather than the name of a camp. Possibly more of a head camp. You have mentioned documents. Do any of these consist of postcards as these are usually covered in postmarks which can be used to identify the camp or camps? Most prisoners would have been in more than one and then probably farmed out to a work placement which could have actually been a farm amongst other things. If you have a scanner then a scan of such documents may help. Even if you cant read the names then we might just by knowing what they look like.

Doug

[Doug Johnson]

Laura,

Forgot to mention that being in a head camp in the spring of 1918 would be consistent with being taken prisoner in the German spring offensive of 1918 when large numbers of allies were taken prisoner. A head camp would have been perhaps the first camp he was sent to though he could have passed through a series of such camps.

Doug

Doug