Prisoner of War records WW1, The Red Cross
 

I've recently been watching My family secrets revealed on Channel 4. More than once they have stated that the Red Cross records for POW's is a brilliant source of information.

Where can I access these? I'm searching for Peter Henry Harrison (sorry Merry). We know he was a POW in Germany in WW1 from 1915 onwards as we have a photo of him in the form of a postcard sent from there. If anyone wants to see the reverse of this with the address of the camp please pm me. It's hard to read, it's written in pencil, and I would have to email a photo of it.

There's an index on here, Marg:
https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/

but I can't find him in the Harrison KOYLI section.

I looked on that yesterday Kate

I believe the camp was on the borders of Russia. There is certainly snow on the photo

Kate

I've take the liberty of sending you the pics. assuming you still have the same email address I have. I know you have German ancestry so maybe you can make sense of the address

8003 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Friedrichsfeld.

Thank you

Nowhere near Russia then, close to France.

He was reported missing 26 Aug 1914, Prisoner of War from September 1915.

As the Battle of Mons started 23 Aug 1914 I assume he was taken prisoner during that.

There seem to be three places in Germany called Friedrichsfeld

Marg

A link with information on the POW camp at Friedrichsfeld.

https://palmerww1powtrail.wordpress....feld-pow-camp/