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Description: | Ts memoir (11pp), with later ts transcription, of his experiences as a prisoner of war at Westphalia in Germany, during the last months of the First World War, describing how he was captured along with hundreds of other men whilst serving as a rifleman on the Western Front, the treatment he received in the hands of the Germans, the heavy manual labour he was forced to perform, his deterioration in health and subsequent hospitalisation, the journey to the main prison camp at Darmstadt, the grim living conditions and meagre rations he found himself subjected to throughout his time employed as a temporary miner for the 'Fatherland', the prisoners' reaction to the announcement of the Armistice and finally his arrival home on the 5 December 1918.
Cataloguer CLS | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Warren, E F | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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