Researching 7th Royal Fusiliers

[Steve'O]

Re:-

Pte Joseph Blackshaw

Great news! I had a reply from the CICR (International red cross)

Apparently if you are family It is a free service.

They found my grandfather and sent me an Attestation from German records to the effect that he was captured near Cambrai 30/12/1917.

He was a prisoner of war in Dulmen coming from Le Quesnoy 17/01/1918.

He was then tranfered to Munster I i/W 28/02/1918

They also managed to confirm he was in D company 7th Btn RF

Is there somwhere I can research these camps?

[Doug Johnson]

A couple of links for DülmenHere and Here.

Some reading matter and photographs;

Die Kriegsgefangenen in Deutschland; Backhaus

In the Prison Camps of Germany, a Narrative of Y Service among Prisoner of War; Conrad Hoffman

Miscellaneous No 19 (1915) Further Correspondence with the United States Ambassador respecting the Treatment of British Prisoners of War and Interned Civilians in Germany; Cd 8108

Miscellaneous No 26 (1916) Further Correspondence with the United States Ambassador respecting the Treatment of British Prisoners of War and Interned Civilians in Germany; Cd 8297

Numbers of Prisoners in Oct 1918;

French Men 5 296

Russian Officers 1

Russian Men 1 135

Belgian Men 505

English Officers 1

English Men 2 595

Serbian Men 9

Rumanian Men 10

Italian Men 237

Portuguese Men 178

Civilians 6

Total 9 973

Doug

[Steve'O]

Many Thanks Doug,

The Diary sure tells of the hardshios these soldiers went through.

As my Grandfather was at Le Quesnoy before moving onto Dülmen I imagine he had similar experiences