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Offline sharren1837

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Prisoner of War
« on: Friday 04 March 05 20:53 GMT (UK) »
According to local newspaper (June 5 1918) Private Walter Webster of Yorkshire was POW in Germany.  These are the only details published, although there is a photo. (Guess its swings & roundabouts)  Walter was born 1886 & i know he returned to England at some point, have located him on electoral role etc, however, know nothing about his experiences during WW1. 

Does anyone know of any websites or alternative sources i can lookup.

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Re: Prisoner of War
« Reply #1 on: Friday 04 March 05 21:02 GMT (UK) »
The following is a good site to start with and there are a lot of helpful people on their forum:

http://www.1914-1918.net/

Good luck

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