Dear Julian Duffus Just curious: are you Scottish or Jamaican? The name Duffus is well known in Jamaica. Its Chief Justice some time ago - round about 1970, was Sir Herbert G H Duffus, who ate dinners at Lincoln's Inn and practised law in Port Antonio, in Jamaica. I believe his family came from a town or village in Scotland called Duffus. Just thought you might like that nugget of information in case you do not already know it. All the best Jane Brown (widow of a Jamaican with another Scottish name from an ancestor who also settle in Jamaica) ----- Original Message ----- From: "julian duffus" <duffusjjg@yahoo.co.uk> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 5:38 PM Subject: [SoG] Was your ansestor a WWI POW ? > > I attended a seminar last night given at the IHR by Dr. Chris Duffy on the > work he has done in German Archives concerning the interrogations of > British POW. > The emphasis of his study was those that where caught during the battle > of the Somme July-Nov 1916. They numbered some 4,300 allied soldiers. > > Very soon after their capture the prisoner was meet by an English > speaking German intelligence officer. They where asked about their units > position ,officers etc most refused to talk about matters of present > military importance. The Germans however where keen to learn all they > could from their prisoners. The state of UK Moral at home, the views of > rank and file men on the war, war aims and politic-ans. The price of food > items, the frequency of post deliveries and a whole host of other mundane > matters. The German aim was to build up an snap shot of UK life so they > could assess how long we might be able to sustain the campaign. > > The German military where fascinated by the different regional accents > and make many hundred of recordings of POW' s reading passages of the > Bible and other well known books. > > Being German their record keeping was first rate and all the participants > where identified by Name Number and Unit. > > While Dr. Duffy has only worked on the material from the Somme Battle he > feels that similar material was made from other campaigns and battles.. > > The interrogations are available in the Bavarian Military > Archives,.further details for those with a personal interest in this could > be got from Dr. Chris Duffy, Sheffield University. > > Julian Duffus > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with > voicemail >