Stendal POW Camp
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Those known to have been held inStendal POW Camp during the Great War 1914-1918. - Bimpson Harry. L/Cpl. Manchester Regiment
- Bostock Harold Leslie. Rfmn. Rifle Brigade
- Brown Wilfred. Gem Machine Gun Corps
- Doig James. Pte. Kings Own Scottish Borderers
- Gilchrist Edward Thomas. Pte. Border Regiment
- Harper Levi. Pte. North Staffordshire Regiment
- Hayden . Percy James. Rfm. Rifle Brigade
- Heatley George. Cpl. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
- Hope George Henry. Bmbdr. Royal Garrison Artillery
- Joyce Ernest. Cpl. Machine Gun Corps
- Kenny Peter. Pte Machine Gun Corps
- Nairn MID. William John. Pte. Royal Irish Fusiliers
- Phillips William Henry. Pte. Worcestershire Regiment
- Reeves Maurice William. L/Cpl. Wiltshire Regiment
- Talbot George. L/Cpl. Cameronians Scottish Rifles
- Thomson John. Pte. Royal Fusiliers
- Vincent Edwin William Barratt. Pte. Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
- Young Robert. Pte. Machine Gun Corps
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264744 Pte Peter Kenny Machine Gun Corps Peter Kenny was my great uncle who was born in Droylsden in November 1897. He joined up in 1916 when he was 18 years old.
He was captured on 25th of April on Mount Kemmel, Flanders.
He was imprisoned at Stendal Prisoner of War Camp.
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264366 Cpl. Ernest Joyce Machine Gun Corps All I have learnt is that Ernest Joyce was a regular soldier in the North Staffordshire Regiment and was part of the BEF landing in France in early September 1914.
Eventually he transferred to MGC.
He was initially reported missing, but was in fact taken prisoner of war on 22nd of March 1918 at St Quentin.
He was sent to Stendal prisoner of war camp.
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264330 Pte. John "Jock" Thomson Royal Fusiliers John Thomson was captured on 31st of March 1918 in Northern France
and became PoW 539, at Gefangenen Layer, Stendal in Germany.
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264272 L/Cpl. Harry Bimpson 18th Battalion Manchester Regiment My grandfather, Harry Bimpson, served with the 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers and the 18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment in WW1. He was captured Guillemont, Somme, France on 31st of July 1916 and spent the rest of the war as a POW at Stendal. He was released on 31st of December 1918.
Apart from his medal record, I can't find find any further information about his war service records. We also have a copy of a photograph taken of him in the POW camp.
Any information or help would be gratefully accepted.
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263858 Cpl. George Heatley 17th Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment George Heatley was fighting in France when he was shot.
He was listed on 13th of April 1918 as wounded and missing.
On the 30th of October 1918 he is listed as a prisoner of war at Steñdal.
He is also listed as being in a German hospital at Beaumont la Chappille.
He was demobbed on 2nd of April 1919.
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262263 Pte. Levi Harper 1st Btn. D Coy. North Staffordshire Regiment Levi Harper was taken Prisoner of War on the 21st of March 1918 and held at Stendal.
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257612 Pte. Edward Thomas Gilchrist 8th Btn. Border Regiment My grandfather, Edward Gilchrist, served with the 8th Battalion, Border Regiment in WW1. He was captured at Armentieres 10th of April 1918 and was a POW at Stendal Camp.
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256295 Rfmn. Harold Leslie Bostock 2nd Btn. Rifle Brigade (d.21st Jun 1916) Harold Bostock was taken prisoner in a field at Nestle in Flanders and was taken to Stendal POW Camp.
Possible cause of death was a lung infection.
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254906 Pte. James Doig 6th Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers James was captured on the 15th of October 1918 at Harlebeke. The Dumfries Standard reported, "Private James Doig, KOSB husband of Mrs Doig of Steeple Close, Kirkcudbright is reported as missing from 16th October. Private Doig who was a regular soldier and served in India with a territorial regiment is a native of Dunfries. He served in Egypt and Palestine, where he was wounded and was afterwards transferred to France in April. He had a brother killed at the Gallipoli landing. There are strong hopes that Private Doig is a prisoner." He was indeed a prisoner and was held in Stendal PoW camp.
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252133 Pte. William John Nairn MID 5th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers William Nairn of Clones, Co Monaghan, Ireland joined the 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers in 1914.
He landed with the Regiment at Suvla Bay on the 7th of August 1915. He took part in the Battle for Chocolate Hill where he was wounded. He was evacuated back to a hospital in England.
He next was sent to France in 1916 with the 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. He was Mentioned in Dispatches for conspicuous gallantry according to one of his brothers.
In Febuary 1918 he joined the North Irish Horse
He was captured after 6 days of continuous fighting, in retreat, by the German Army, on 27th of March 1918, in or near the French Hamlet of Margny aux Cerises, South of Erches.
He was a POW in the German Camp at Stendal. He was released at the end of 1918 and returned to Britain and Ireland.
He emigrated to New Zealand from Ulster in 1924.
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249313 Pte. Robert Young 53rd Coy. Machine Gun Corps My great grandfather Robert Young was a prisoner of war at Stendal, he was captured on the 21st of March 1918 at Alancourt.
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248899 Bmbdr. George Henry Hope 120th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery My grandfather, George Hope, was taken prisoner on 21st of March 1918 Essigny, France and eventually taken to Stendal Prisoner of War Camp on 17th September 1918. He was reported as missing and his wife with 4 year old daughter (my mother) assumed he was dead and moved in with relations as a means of support.
My grandfather told us that he survived by swapping his cigarette allowance for black bread. He told us that he escaped and lived in an orchard for a week or so but was recaptured but he never ate another apple in his life! My grandmother was eventually contacted by the Red Cross to say that he had been found and he was sent home to Sunderland. My mother remembers being taken to the railway station to meet him but he was not on the train. When they got back home he was already there waiting for them. His health was ruined but my grandmother nursed him back to some strength but he never regained full health and was permanently deaf because of the guns.
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247468 L/Cpl. George Talbot 2nd Battalion Cameronians Scottish Rifles George Talbot was a POW in Stendal prisoner of war camp
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245318 Pte. Edwin William Barratt Vincent 19th (3rd City) Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool) My cousin Edwin Vincent served with the 19th Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment. He was declared killed in action on 22md of March 1918. About three months later he arrived at Stendal camp and his family were notified that he was alive and a Prisoner of War. This information came from an interview in The Daily Independent on Saturday 11th of November 1933. An actor by trade the interview is under his stage name Edwin Beverley. It detailed that he was wounded then used as labour before being transported to the camp, his time in camp and joy at the Armistace.
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237195 Gem Wilfred Brown Machine Gun Corps My Grandfather, Wilfred Brown, fought at Saint-Quentin and was captured in the German Spring Offensive, date of capture 21/3/1918. Detained in Standal
POW camp. Moved to Merseburg camp, repatriated at the end of the War,
via Hull.
All above information supplied by ICRC.
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235244 Pte. William Henry Phillips 2/8th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment My great grandad William Phillips was captured while serving with the 2/8th Worcestershire Regiment at Fayet on 21st of March 1918. He was held at Stendal POW camp until the end of the war.
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229591 L/Cpl. Maurice William "Knocker" Reeves 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment Maurice Reeves was my grandfather. He joined the Wilshires in 1907. He got wounded and became a POW very early on in the War. He was interred in Friborg, Switzerland at the end of 1917 and was demobed in 1919.
If any one has more on him or photos I would love to make contact.
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145839 Rfm. Percy James Hayden 8th Btn. Rifle Brigade Percy Hayden was my father. From his War Record he joined the Army in 1917 and embarked for France 17 Feb 1918, was reported missing 23/30 March and then a POW at Stendal. I am wondering if it is possible to find out where he was taken prisoner.
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