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Offline lisduggan

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1918 POW
« on: Sunday 28 October 12 11:04 GMT (UK) »
my grandfather was released  as a Pow about 1918 he was from Ireland was sent back to the UK  i know he died in 1920 in a military hosiptal in england  would like to know if he was home been 1918/1920.

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Re: 1918 POW
« Reply #1 on: Monday 29 October 12 16:58 GMT (UK) »
Have you tried searching for his service/pension documents?

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Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: 1918 POW
« Reply #2 on: Monday 29 October 12 22:58 GMT (UK) »
This guide might help you:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/britishpowfirstworldwar.htm

The link to the Red Cross site will be disappointing: they are not currently handling any enquiries while their records are digitised, so there is hope for the future.
Simons Barrett Jaffray Waugh Langdale Heugh Meade Garnsey Evans Vazie Mountcure Glascodine Parish Peard Smart Dobbie Sinclair....
in Stirlingshire, Roxburghshire; Bucks; Devon; Somerset; Northumberland; Carmarthenshire; Glamorgan

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Re: 1918 POW
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 01 November 12 19:01 GMT (UK) »
thank you for that information