Red Cross POW Record

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1 Surname And First Name Of The Prisoner Part C says, “Only with Russians, the first name of the father.”

2 Rank Most are privates.

3 The Unit Serving With When Captured This section has the name of the regiment at the top, then the battalion. At the bottom is the company served in.

4 Details Of Capture This shows when and where they were captured, and where they were based previously.

5 Date and Place Of Birth The POW’s next of kin (“vater” means father, “frau” means wife) and their address are given here.

6 Unit Information For this Garrison Artilleryman it’s 116 Battery; for the Engineer above, it’s 7 Field Company.