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23-07-16, 06:13 PM
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WW1...Repatriated prisoners......and Escapees...
Repatriated prisoners of the Canadian Expeditionary Force from Switzerland at a convalescent camp in Wokingham, 14th September 1917.
http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...5718/large.jpg http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...5719/large.jpg http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...1414/large.jpg The soldier with crutches is Private Ernest Butler 2150, of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Note two other soldiers have disfigured faces from their wounds. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs Escaped prisoners of war arrive in England, November 1917. Standing, left to right - Private S. G. Wood, Canadian Expeditionary Force; Lance Corporal K. Merriam 113394 of the 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles; Private H. L. Thomas, Australian Infantry; Private H. Holmes. Seated, left to right - Private Charles Bragg 9596 of the 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment; Private H. Tomlinson, Northumberland Fusiliers; Private George Hewins 12570 of the 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs Does anyone knows about POW exchange during the FWW....????
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25-07-16, 06:39 AM
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Can't say if the same agreement existed between the Commonwealth and Germany. Tony
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