POW turkey 1916 where to look

[louisemccrea]

Hi

If i wanted to find info about prisoners of war who were captured in 1916 in Turkey how whould i go about it.

Louise

[atom12]

Louise

You might find something in the local newspapers with regard to soldiers being taken as prisoners.  Be mindful that the news might not leak out when he first went missing, so you might  have to search over a wide period.

Other than that the National Archives at Kew have some POW interviews, but no guarantees as they are limited in number.

[kyt]

1916? Was he captured at Kut? Mesopotamia? Three books that would be of interest that cover what it was like being a POW of the Turks:

OTHER RANKS OF KUT by P. W. Long MM

SECRETS OF A KUTTITE by Captain E. O. Mousley

OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME II

All 3 are available from:

http://www.naval-military-press.com

[LJReb123]

Hello

the absolute definitive source is the red cross.

Try this link if you are a relation. Takes a wee bit of time,I'm afraid, but they will reply.

http://www.icrc.org/eng/contact-archives

regards

David

[louisemccrea]

Hi

Thanks for all the links and help hopefully i will get what i am looking for.  Thanks again

Louise

[Evelyn E A]

Hi Louise

You will think I am stalking you as this is the 3rd Family Research site i have found you on and send you messages on each one to make sure I got connected with you.
James McCrea and Rebecca Smyth were my Great Grandparents and their son John was my Grandfather.  He was a brother of your Great Grandfather.

I have quite a lot of information on the family and would like to share it with you.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Regards

Evelyn

[louisemccrea]

Hi Evelyn

I got your posts have sent you a private message to your account here with my email

Louise