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Pte. Percy Thomas Frederick Casterton
British Army 2/6th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Liverpool
Percy Casterton was captured at Hargicourt on the 21st of March 1918 by a German Officer who had been educated at Oxford University.
He was taken to Gustrow POW camp and was there by 20th of June 1918.
Being very short, he was often sent under the fence at night to raid turnips from the German's vegetable garden.
After the war he was repatriated and landed at Dover on 2nd of December 1918.