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Sennelager POW Camp
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Those known to have been held inSennelager POW Camp during the Great War 1914-1918. - Barry J.. Pte. Scots Guards
- Beattie John. Pte. Gordon Highlanders
- Brady John. Cpl. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- Dolbey Robert. Capt. RAMC
- Foster MiD.. George F.W.G.. Pte. Gordon Highlanders
- Hickey Joseph. Pte. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
- Monk F. C.. Pte. Lincolnshire Rgt.
- Steels Royce. Pte. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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256910 Pte. John Beattie 1st Btn. Gordon Highlanders My brother has recently uncovered information regarding our grandfather, John Beattie, who served with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders in WW1. He was captured in action at the Battle of le Cateau on 26/27th August 1914.
He subsequently spent the whole of the rest of the war as a PoW at Sennelager PoW camp near Bielefeld in north-west Germany.
His medical card has been sent to my brother and the text (in French) describes him as "fading away. He has been here a long time. He is under the orders of Lieutenant Usher whose regiment is also in internment". Despite the description, fortunately he survived the war and returned home.
His unit had landed in Boulogne, France, on 14th of August so he spent only two weeks on active service, followed by four years as a prisoner. After the war he became a police officer with the Glasgow police, where he met my maternal grandmother, Janet Beattie (nee Morrison), who was one of the first three or four female recruits into the police after the war.
She rose to become the first ever female Detective Inspector in Scotland and received a British Empire Medal from the Queen on her retirement in 1968.
My grandfather was fatally injured in making an arrest in Glasgow and died around 1935 when my father (also John) was seven years old.
I recall my father recounting that his father had been a gunner and his position had been overrun by the German cavalry, leading to his capture. We do, somewhere, still have the "comfort photograph" of him that was sent by the German Red Cross to his family at home to let them know he was alive.
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256405 Pte. George F.W.G. Foster MiD. 1st Btn. Gordon Highlanders George Foster attested for the 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders on the 23rd of August 1902 from the Duke of Yorks Military Asylum, Chelsea.
He was listed as a musician.
In 1914 he was part of the British Expeditionary Force in France involved in the Battle of Mons. He was part of the Brigade which failed to retreat in front of the German advance and was captured, with many others, on the outskirts of Bertry.
Taken prisoner, he and others were marched through France and Belgium to northern Germany where he spent the rest of WW1 in Sennelager Prisoner of War Camp.
George was Mentioned in Dispatches for his conduct and support to others whilst a PoW.
He was discharged from the Gordon Highlanders on completion of 25 year's service in 1927.
He died in 1952.
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239996 Pte. Royce Steels 2nd Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Red Cross Prisoner of War records show my greatgrandfather Royce Steels was present in Crefeld, Senna II [Sennelager], and Dulmen camps.
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226787 Pte. F. C. Monk Lincolnshire Rgt. Private Monk was a prisoner at Sennelager POW Camp.
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226758 Pte. Joseph Hickey Royal Dublin Fusiliers Private Joe Hickey was a prisoner in Sennelager POW Camp.
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226733 Capt. Robert Dolbey RAMC Captain Dolbey had been captured at La Bassee in October 1914, when he was in charge of a field hospital. Subsequently, he was imprisoned at Sennelager and Crefeld POW Camps.
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226690 Cpl. John Brady King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Cpl. Brady was captured at Le Cateau on 26th August 1914, probably during the retreat from Mons. He became a POW at three camps: Sennelager and Minden, both in Westphalia, and at Munster II in Rhein.
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226684 Pte. J. Barry 2nd Btn. Scots Guards (d.18th January 1918) Private Barry was a POW at Sennelager camp in Westphalia where he was shot dead by guards. He is buried in plot V.C.5 at Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel.
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