Hi Jim/Listers, Here is the an email I received today from the U. S. Library of Congress re: WW I POWs Janice USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <hssref@loc.gov> To: <mshx@optonline.net> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:16 PM Subject: Library Question - Answer [Question #2551249] > Hello janice duke > > > > > Hello, > > I am unaware of a published list of American prisoners of war from World > War One. The National Archives may have original lists of prisoners in its > collections. > > The National Archives > <http://www.archives.gov> You may also call the National Archives at > (301)713-7250, or toll free at (866)272-6272 or email at > inquire@archives.gov > > Record Group 120, Records of the American Expeditionary Forces, contains > information on prisoners in these sections: > Section 120.4.1 Records of the Adjutant General > Section 120.7.4 Records of the General Staff > Section 120.14.6 Records of the American Section of the Permanent > International Armistice Commission (PIAC) > You can access the finding aid for Record Group 120 here: > <http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/120.html> > > Thank you. > > W. Elsbury > Reference Specialist > Main Reading Room > Humanities and Social Sciences Division > Library of Congress > 101 Independence Ave. SE > Washington, DC 20540-4660 > 202-707-3399 > > ----------------------- > > Question History: > > Patron: I am looking for a list of American prisoners of war from World > War One. > > Thanks. > > Librarian 1: Hello, > > I am unaware of a published list of American prisoners of war from World > War One. The National Archives may have original lists of prisoners in its > collections. > > The National Archives > <http://www.archives.gov> You may also call the National Archives at > (301)713-7250, or toll free at (866)272-6272 or email at > inquire@archives.gov > > Record Group 120, Records of the American Expeditionary Forces, contains > information on prisoners in these sections: > Section 120.4.1 Records of the Adjutant General > Section 120.7.4 Records of the General Staff > Section 120.14.6 Records of the American Section of the Permanent > International Armistice Commission (PIAC) > You can access the finding aid for Record Group 120 here: > <http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/120.html> > > Thank you. > > W. Elsbury > Reference Specialist > Main Reading Room > Humanities and Social Sciences Division > Library of Congress > 101 Independence Ave. SE > Washington, DC 20540-4660 > 202-707-3399 > > > > > > To check the status or the history of your library question(s), go to: > http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/servlet/org.oclc.ask.PatronDirect?&language=1&email=mshx@optonline.net&qid=2551249 > > Please take a moment to fill out a survey at: > http://www.questionpoint.org/crs/servlet/org.oclc.ask.PatronSurveyForm?&language=1&type=ask&qid=2551249 > > > > > Thank you for consulting with the Library of Congress Main Reading > Room/Microform Reading Room. > > If you wish to send another question to the Main Reading Room/Microform > Reading Room please go to our question form at < > http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib//ask-main.html >. > > For questions not related to humanities or social sciences or the > microform format, please go to our online help desk at < > http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib > and pick a category. >

Michael, Please rescan at the highest quality you can, BUT ONLY the area of the caps where the capbadges are and pair these rescans with the same high quality scan of the tunic buttons. Alan ... Alan T... {East Midlands UK} Please visit our family genealogy site:- http://www.forefathers.homestead.com/ I have put a link to all three photos on www.mylancashireroots.co.uk/baldwin_text.htm Can anybody tell us from the uniforms or the cap badge which one is in the machine gun corps.

Hello Michael, Okay the Machine Gun Corps is picture number 3. Picture number 2 is Royal Artillery, either Royal Horse Artillery or Royal Field Artillery. Picture number 1 is slightly more difficult and I look forward to other members input. However all I might like to guess at is he belongs to a mounted unit. My initial guess was 'The Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry' But the more I look the more I am in doubt and now have got to the point where I am almost sure it is not. Sorry much help I know. As mentioned I look forward to what other members think. Hope this may have been some help. Regards Peter Fellowes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael A Lonsdale" <mail@michaellonsdale.co.uk> To: <GREATWAR@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 5:10 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] 3 photos of soldiers > One of my Brother-in-laws uncles was awarded the DCM and it was reported > in the London Gazette 3rd October 1918, unfortunately he was killed in > action 2 weeks later. > > 57929 Cpl Thomas BALDWIN (machine gun corps) of Burscough, Lancashire > who won the DCM had two brothers and we have 3 photos of 3 different > soldiers but no names on any of them. > > I have put a link to all three photos on > www.mylancashireroots.co.uk/baldwin_text.htm > > Can anybody tell us from the uniforms or the cap badge which one is in > the machine gun corps. > > Many thanks > > Michael > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Michael - #3 looks the most likely for the MGC cap badge - but interesting though the uniforms are, could you reload new scans just of the badges ? - if you post them at a decent resolution then all three may be ID'd. regards - Tom Tulloch-Marshall WW1 Military Research website > http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael A Lonsdale" <mail@michaellonsdale.co.uk> To: <GREATWAR@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 5:10 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] 3 photos of soldiers > One of my Brother-in-laws uncles was awarded the DCM and it was reported > in the London Gazette 3rd October 1918, unfortunately he was killed in > action 2 weeks later. > > 57929 Cpl Thomas BALDWIN (machine gun corps) of Burscough, Lancashire > who won the DCM had two brothers and we have 3 photos of 3 different > soldiers but no names on any of them. > > I have put a link to all three photos on > www.mylancashireroots.co.uk/baldwin_text.htm > > Can anybody tell us from the uniforms or the cap badge which one is in > the machine gun corps. > > Many thanks > > Michael > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

One of my Brother-in-laws uncles was awarded the DCM and it was reported in the London Gazette 3rd October 1918, unfortunately he was killed in action 2 weeks later. 57929 Cpl Thomas BALDWIN (machine gun corps) of Burscough, Lancashire who won the DCM had two brothers and we have 3 photos of 3 different soldiers but no names on any of them. I have put a link to all three photos on www.mylancashireroots.co.uk/baldwin_text.htm Can anybody tell us from the uniforms or the cap badge which one is in the machine gun corps. Many thanks Michael

Can you just send them to my e-mail? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Taylor" <alan.taylor-howe@ntlworld.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] 3 photos of soldiers | Michael, | Please rescan at the highest quality you can, BUT ONLY the area of the caps | where the capbadges are and pair these rescans with the same high quality scan | of the tunic buttons. | | Alan ... | | Alan T... {East Midlands UK} | Please visit our family genealogy site:- | http://www.forefathers.homestead.com/ | | | I have put a link to all three photos on | www.mylancashireroots.co.uk/baldwin_text.htm | | Can anybody tell us from the uniforms or the cap badge which one is in | the machine gun corps. | | | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message |

HI Robert et al... On Wednesday 13 June 2007 15:08, romasi3@comcast.net wrote: > Jim and Fellow Researchers: > > I am not aware of a similar site for WWI, however, if you go to this > National Archives and Records Administration address > http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=TS14 Thanks for this, but I'm only working on the first 12 US POWs in WWI. I live just outside Straubing Germany and the first battle between the US and Germany was on the night of 2-3 November 1917 when the Bayer. Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment 7 attacked Company "F" of the US 16th Infantry. This German unit was from Straubing. During the battle the Germans captured 12 or 13 US soldiers. I have their names and a few fact, but I'm looking for more. I also found the names of all the Germans, but I've not had time yet to dig anything up about them. If you are interested in what I've found so far go to http://www.manyenemies-muchhonor.info and click on the WWI German Flag and then on the middle post card picture. Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 Ebay ID: WartHogBulletin ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.WartHogBulletin.de Many Enemies -- Much Honor! Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.manyenemies-muchhonor.info An American in Bavaria http://www.gaubodengalerie.de

Jim and Fellow Researchers: I am not aware of a similar site for WWI, however, if you go to this National Archives and Records Administration address http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=TS14 there are the following three searchable databases for WWII: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947, documenting the period 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 - Record Group 389 World War II Prisoners of the Japanese Data File, created, 4/2005 - 2/2006, documenting the period ca. 1941 - ca. 1945 - Collection ADBC Records About Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, created, 1988 - 1989, documenting the period 1942 - 1946 - Record Group 210 Jim asked: <Do any of you know of a list like this for the US? <Thanks, Robert Silverstein Aurora, CO

> http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=21 The above are for British POWs - i.e., British Soldiers captured by the enemy > See number 2: > http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?sLeafletID=224 This guide is for internees - as you will see very few records for individual internees have survived. Mike S

Organized efforts for US POWs lacking? Not exactly. Germany and America negotiated in Berne a bilateral agreement on POWs and interned civilians while the war was in progress. Neutrals such as the Netherlands and Switzerland (and the US before April 1917) worked with all the belligerents to assure humane treatment for prisoners of war. In all only about 3,500 American officers and men were captured by Germany. See: Prisoners, Diplomats and the Great War: A Study in the Diplomacy of Captivity, Richard B. Speed III, Greenwood, 1990. LGS ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hi Jim/Listers, Seems there was no organized effort for American POWs and they had to fend for themselves as best they could. See: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=701 Janice USA

Hi Jim, Perhaps this can help: http://www.micr.org/e/exhib/explore_prisoners_e.html I'm not finding this info. at NARA. Seems it is available from WW II onward. I have contacted our Library of Congress, and await their reply. Janice USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Hatridge" <James.Hatridge@gmx.de> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Internment of foreign nationals. > Hi Janice et al... > On Saturday 09 June 2007 01:18, Janice Duke wrote: >> Hi Barbara, >> Perhaps something here can help: >> >> http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php > > Do any of you know of a list like this for the US? > > Thanks, > > JIM > -- > Jim Hatridge > Linux User #88484 > Ebay ID: WartHogBulletin > ------------------------------------------------------ > WartHog Bulletin > Info about new German Stamps > http://www.WartHogBulletin.de > > Many Enemies -- Much Honor! > Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection > http://www.manyenemies-muchhonor.info > > An American in Bavaria > http://www.gaubodengalerie.de > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks to all who replied to my original query, you have given me plenty of new avenues to follow. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Hatridge" <James.Hatridge@gmx.de> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Internment of foreign nationals. > Hi Janice et al... > On Saturday 09 June 2007 01:18, Janice Duke wrote: >> Hi Barbara, >> Perhaps something here can help: >> >> http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Janice et al... On Saturday 09 June 2007 01:18, Janice Duke wrote: > Hi Barbara, > Perhaps something here can help: > > http://www.1914-1918.net/POW/index.php Do any of you know of a list like this for the US? Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 Ebay ID: WartHogBulletin ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.WartHogBulletin.de Many Enemies -- Much Honor! Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.manyenemies-muchhonor.info An American in Bavaria http://www.gaubodengalerie.de

Hi List, Just to say a big thank you to Sue Light and Adrian for the advice given about John Hill and his profession. The help given by this list was once again very much appreciated. Best wishes Lou

Many thanks for that, Tom. I now know where to look. I found it very strange to stand on the road by the Etaples cemetery and know that once there was the hospital, and so many service people in the town. Peter

Peter - see "Twenty Years After; The Battlefields of 1914-18; Then And Now", Maj. Gen Sir Ernest Swinton, Supplementary Volume ("volume 3") - Chapter XXXIII - "The Bull Ring At Etaples". .......................... " .. the writer of the present chapter is obviously not one of those who would have selected Etaples as a rest for the sensitive or the weary." ....... (!) You will also find an amount of 53rd hand writings about Etaples on the www - on the much admired and (notoriously) historically accurate "Wicki(censored !)", etc. Having said that, the place obviously wasn't Billy Butlins, but then it wasn't intended to be, was it ! More "factual" material, - the Etaples Base Commandants files are at The National Archives, document boxes WO95/4026 and 4027; the Assistant Director of Medical Services files are in WO95/4028; the Etaples Area Controllers files are WO95/85; there are schedules of works and plans in WO106/1477, and reports of German bombing of the hospitals at Etaples in WO32/5189. regards - Tom Tulloch-Marshall WW1 Military Research website > http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/index.html

Hello List I wonder if anyone can help me, my father in law, is assumed to have, crashed in August 1918 and suffered a broken femur, broken jaw and was treated by and discharged from Matlock Hospital. He was attached to 55 squadron as a pilot. Was Matlock Hospital in Derbyshire? Would he have been transferred from France for treatment in England? I received this information from the R.A.F. Museum in Hendon and my queries are made in the hope that I can make further inquiries to confirm that this information applies to him. Another question, my father in law flew with a navigator who recieved the DSC , I have looked at the Gazettes on line but without success. Can anyone suggest where to look to find this info about this man Billy Riddell. Thank you for your patience. Regards Carol

Yes, thank you again. A volunteer at Rootsweb sent me the page from the book with his photo and a few details no one still living apparently knew. It will be very interesting to keep adding to his short biography. I also found the book online via Google Books, which is a great thing. The entire book is available online at more than place. Aaron Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 19:50:14 -0400From: mshx@optonline.netSubject: re: Pvt. Leslie DarlingTo: mrmayor@hotmail.com; GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com Hi Aaron, I don't remember if I sent this site to you which names your young man: http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/rainbowwarriors.htm Janice USA _________________________________________________________________ Live Earth is coming.  Learn more about the hottest summer event - only on MSN. http://liveearth.msn.com?source=msntaglineliveearthwlm

Anyone not born in the United States and not an American citizen would be a foreign national, including those born in England."A foreign national is a person present in a country who does not currently have the right to permanent residency of that country."Although the following links refer to World War II, there may be some relevant and useful information.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_American_internmenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_American_internmentAaron> From: roland.moira@tiscali.co.uk> To: greatwar@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 21:06:16 +0100> Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Internment of foreign nationals.> > Hi Janice,> > There is a strong chance that your ancestor was interned. Many people with > clearly German names, but with no sympathy for the Nazi cause, were rounded > up and interned for the duration of the war as the authorities felt they > could have been fifth columnists. A good number of them were held in a well > known camp on the Isle of Man.> > Roland Hayward> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janice Duke" <mshx@optonline.net>> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com>; <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 1:02 AM> Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Internment of foreign nationals.> > > > Hi Barbara/Listers,> >> > As I reread your subject line & query, I have the following thought. If> > your person was born in England, he would not be a foreign national.> >> > Janice> > USA> > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Barbara Short" <b.short@virgin.net>> > To: <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 6:31 PM> > Subject: [GREATWAR] Internment of foreign nationals.> >> >> >> Can anyone advise on how I can discover whether an ancestor with a German> >> name ( although born in England ) was interned during WW1 ?> >>> >> He was running a long established business, but family legend ( well, my> >> brother-in-law ! ) insists that he was interned.> >>> >> Barbara _________________________________________________________________ Play free games, earn tickets, get cool prizes! Join Live Search Club.  http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=CLUB_wlmailtextlink