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Minden POW Camp
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Those known to have been held inMinden POW Camp during the Great War 1914-1918. - Jenkins Jenkin Edward. Pte. 22nd Battalion
- Pentland Hugh. Pte. Royal Irish Fusiliers
- Reilly Joseph Peter. Pte. Royal Scots Fusiliers
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263277 Pte. Joseph Peter Reilly 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers  It appears that Joseph Reilly was captured at Hilloch in France on 11th of May 1916 and was taken to Douai, some 30 km away (about 20 miles), a Prisoner of War Camp, and arrived there on 15th of May 1916, this was listed in a POW prisoners document dated 7th of June 1916.
Joseph, was then moved to Dulmen POW camp which was in Germany where he was to stay until August 1916.
A Prisoner of War list dated 9th of August 1916, from Minden POW camp, showing that Joseph had now been moved there from Dulmen POW camp.
A document, dated, 13th of August 1916, shows that Joseph was previously
Reported Missing, but then reported prisoner of war in documents released by the German Government
By May of 1917 Joseph had moved camps again, this time to Friedrichsfeld, it appears that when he arrived he was suffering from a broken shoulder.
A document released reports when Joseph had been released from being a Prisoner of War, and was returned to England. The 2nd of December 1918
this shows the date Joseph was demobbed from the Army on 21st of March 1919
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261833 Pte. Jenkin Edward Jenkins 22nd Battalion Jenkin Jenkins was captured by German forces at Mouquet Farm on 26th of August 1916 after being wounded in action. He was a POW at Minden POW camp. Details are outlined in his Record of Service on the National Australian Archives website.
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240230 Pte. Hugh Pentland B Coy.1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers Hugh Pentland was a farmer's son from Ballyworkan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He did his training at Shorncliffe, but after disembarkation in France on 22nd August 1914, the British Army was immediately engaged by the Germans. Only five days later Hugh was captured and he spent the remainder of WW1 in the Prisoner of War camp at Minden, Germany. According to the ICRC records, Hugh was not wounded. After repatriation, in 1919, he received Victory and 4 Star decorations. He moved to Canada, where he spent a quiet life as a bachelor in beautiful Peachland, B.C., Canada.
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