Searching For John Curtin, Irish Guards

[rdpaul]

Jim1,

Grandad James served with 155th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He was a Gunner...Service number L5927. Gas shell wounded, then POW in Germany from 28-5-18....released 2-12-1918. I have that info from his Army records...but have no idea whereabouts he was held captive

[mckha489]

Jim1,
but have no idea whereabouts he was held captive

Lager Cassel   
It says where he was captured too, but I can't work it out.  https://grandeguerre.icrc.org :-)

[mckha489]

photograph

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/859/

wiki entry  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederzwehren

[heywood]

I don't think this is your man.  Here is one of POW entries from https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/2603948/698/41762/

This one seems to be from Limerick 

[heywood]

There is this medal card but there is no information

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D2051311

[mckha489]

There is this medal card but there is no information

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D2051311

see reply #9
already ruled him out

[jim1]

The date almost certainly indicates capture during Operation Michael AKA The German Spring Offensive.
Place Pontavert France.

[jim1]

I.19 on this map.
https://maps.nls.uk/view/101465392

[mckha489]

The date almost certainly indicates capture during Operation Michael AKA The German Spring Offensive.
Place Pontavert France.

on the page of the register with James on, everyone else is Pontavert but he is something else that LOOKS like unbekmant  it is a bit blurry.  the u is lower case, whereas the P in the Pontavert entries is upper case.   Perhaps it means UNKNOWN?