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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Staff card from 1919
« on: Tuesday 22 November 22 15:49 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: BumbleB on Tuesday 22 November 22 15:30 GMT (UK)
Commenced duty and proceeded to France.

Thanks. I had considered 'proceeded' but was thrown by the first stroke, which is slightly smudged and joined to the 'p', but suppose it could/must be a shorthand symbol for 'and'.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Staff card from 1919
« on: Tuesday 22 November 22 15:06 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

Grateful for any help with these words on the Commenced duty line: '[????] to France(?)'

Thanks

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World War One / Re: Prisoners of War
« on: Monday 21 November 22 16:49 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I don't think he's on that census as he should have been in France. I do know that from October 1919 he had a job for the CWGC, which he held until he retired in the 1950s. I was just wondering at what point he may have been released and what he might have done until he took that job.

P

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World War One / Re: Prisoners of War
« on: Monday 21 November 22 12:28 GMT (UK)  »
Demobbed in 1919 as far as I know.

Thanks very much for all the replies.

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World War One / Re: Prisoners of War
« on: Friday 18 November 22 16:44 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: AllanUK on Thursday 17 November 22 18:24 GMT (UK)
Looking at British newspapers for December 1918, I found a number of reports of POWs being repatriated to the UK. Searches for January and February 1919 brought up many, many such reports.

Thanks. I'll see what I can find. I think this individual soldier was demobbed in 1919 and was still in France that year...

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World War One / Re: Prisoners of War
« on: Thursday 17 November 22 14:06 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: AllanUK on Thursday 17 November 22 13:54 GMT (UK)
There is a record of him as a POW in the 'Prisoners of the First World War, the International Committee of the Red Cross' -- have you seen it?

Thank you, yes, I've seen that

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World War One / Re: Prisoners of War
« on: Thursday 17 November 22 13:41 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

Name: R.G. OLIVER - the R.G. stand for Robert and George. Sometimes he was known by one, sometimes the other, but both were his forenames.
Regiment: Middlesex.
Number: 18723.

Thanks!

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World War One / Prisoners of War
« on: Thursday 17 November 22 12:28 GMT (UK)  »
Hello

I have found out that a relative was taken prisoner at Fleurbaix on 9 April 1918 and taken to Friedrichsfeld.

My question is, save for escape, would it be likely that he would have been held as a prisoner of war until the end of the war (and in the same place)? Were there any prisoner exchanges? When did British WW1 POWs get released and return to England?

Thanks in advance

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Armed Forces / Re: Where to start with Royal Navy research?
« on: Monday 13 December 21 13:08 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, all true. I don't have the other birth certs at this time.

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