Wulfen POW camp

[Manitoba]

Hoping to find any information about this German POW camp. It does not appear to be mentioned in any of the books concerning WWI POW camps. Nor is it listed on the Long Long Trail site.

I believe that it was possibly attached to Munster PF.

What does PF signify?

Manitoba

[bernardmcilwaine]

there were four camps in the munster neighbourhood

1 is outside the city

2 rennbahn was on the racecourse

3 was an old brick built german barracks

4 was for russian prisoners

could the camp be dulmen,that was in westphalia as well

camps 2 and 3 were employed on coal mining

bernard

[Manitoba]

Thanks Bernard,

Definitely Wulfen.

It appears twice on my gt uncles CEF service record - I've been down the Dulmen route previously.

Manitoba

[delta]

Wulfen is also quite close to Munster to Dulmen - it was the site of a British Army of the Rhine ammo depot

[Doug Johnson]

Manitoba,

It's not one I have come across yet. Do you have other information such as approximate dates and you great uncles rank which would narrow the search down? How strong is the Munster connection, was he there at some time? The Behind the Wire list is not of all the places mentioned in WO161, just those where someone or something particular is mentioned. If a PoW was interviewed and he was there then it may not be listed in the index. There is also more than one place called Wulfen. There were thousands of small work camps all over Germany and it sounds like one of those.

PF is also unfamiliar, what is the reference in connection with?

Doug