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Clausthal POW Camp
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245967 Maj. George Foster Hercules Tailyour Royal Field Artillery Major George Tailyour was Brigade Major with 5th Division, Royal Field Artillery at the Battle of Le Cateau, referred to by the men as Cheese in the Le Cateau mousetrap, on 26th of August 1914. By 13.45 hrs the battle was going against the British and the decision was made by the Corps commander to withdraw. At the Reumont Wagon Lines Major Tailyour placed 52 Field Battery teams on standby to assist with the withdrawal and then led the 80 Field Battery teams forward to recover guns and howitzers. He verbally circulated the order to retire. He is believed to have ridden his horse past the Batteries calling out 'The order is to retire'. Then went further forward on foot among the Suffolks before ending up thoroughly exhausted and collapsing at the XV Field Brigade Group CP/OP. Together with 2,500 others he was captured and taken Prisoner of War. He was sent to the PoW camp at Clausthal in Bavaria until the 5th January 1918 when he was on parole in Holland until the 23rd October 1918. He died in command of the Royal Artillery Brigade in Colchester in 1921 due to problems caused by time as a Prisoner of War.
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226778 2nd Lt. Robert Macintosh Lt Macintosh was a prisoner at Clausthal POW Camp.
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226769 Lt. Gerald Featherstone Knight Gerald Knight was a prisoner at Strohen, Clausthal and Osnabruck POW camps. He escaped on 16th August 1917 and reached freedom in Holland.
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226768 2nd Lt. Caspar Kennard Lt. Kennard was a prisoner at Clausthal and Holzminden POW camps. He escaped from Holzminden on the night of 23-24 July 1918 and successfully reached Holland.
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226757 Lt. Hamilton "Flossie" Hervey Lt Hervey was shot down in April 1917 and became a prisoner at Freiburg, Baden and Clausthal POW camps.
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226754 Lt. Jocelyn L. Hardy Connaught Rangers Lt. Jocelyn Hardy was an inveterate escaper, making a total of ten escape attempts during his time in Clausthal, Magdeburg and Schweidwitz POW camps. He finally succeeded and reached freedom in Holland, along with fellow-escapee Captain Willie Loder-Symonds.
While he was a POW he was promoted and transferred to the Royal Inniskillen Fusiliers.
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226747 Capt. A. J. Evans Capt Evans was a POW at two camps, Ingoldstadt and Clausthal. He was a dedicated escapee, making five attempts during his time as a POW.
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226687 2nd Lt. Cecil Blain Lt. Blain was a POW during WWI. He escaped from Clausthal in Harz, but was recaptured. Then he was sent to Holzminden in Brunswick, where he escaped along with 29 POWs on the night of 23-24 July 1918. He and nine other escapees made it to Holland and freedom.
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