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Offline steven donnelly

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p.o.w lookup
« on: December 05, 2009, 10:58:36 AM »
hi looking for a p.o.w name pte arthur pugh 11639 19th pals later 16th pals,
i think he was captured at manchester hill but can not find him on your data base,
any info on him would be great
            cheers steve

Offline mack

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Re: p.o.w lookup
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2009, 06:23:35 PM »
hi looking for a p.o.w name pte arthur pugh 11639 19th pals later 16th pals,
i think he was captured at manchester hill but can not find him on your data base,
any info on him would be great
            cheers steve
hiya steve.
unfortunately,we dont have a list of those who were captured,the database on our forum,has been compiled from lists from newspapers and other sources,we are still adding to it as we find them,we dont even know how many went into the bag.
here ya go steve,best i can do

pte 11639 arthur pugh
enl 4-9-14
aged 19
19th manchesters
stretcher bearer
occupation,warehouseman
religion.CofE
lived with his mother sarah at 25 richardson st,collyhurst
also his brother william and sister georgia
to france on 8-11-15 on SS queen alexander,from southampton
on leave 21-7-17 till 31-7-17
posted to 16th manchesters on 6-2-18
on leave 15-2-18 till 1-3-18
taken prisoner at manchester hill on 21-3-18
repatriated in england,on 25-11-18

mack ;D

Offline steven donnelly

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Re: p.o.w lookup
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2009, 08:45:43 PM »
hi thanks a lot for that mack
         cheers steve

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Re: p.o.w lookup
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2009, 08:52:51 PM »
and thank you for telling us about him steve,thats another lad found for the POW database

mack ;D