hiya bob.
the american embassy in constantinople,passed some lists of men who were POWs in turkey,these men were on the list
pte 2323 christopher nealon,24 hothersall rd,salford,1/7th
pte 3417 percy cubley,46 gardenwall st,salford,11th,wounded in the elbow,in hospital at constantinople
sgt 3498 albert cherriman,11th
cpl 3726 john,henry espin,21 russell st,altrincham,wounded in left knee,in hospital at constantinople,11th
pte 3888 hugh sellers,34 college croft,eccles,11th,died at angora 18-12-16
pte 1552 joseph,van calstron,44 north george st,salford,1/7th
pte 1822 john pearson,1/7th
Lt edgar,thomas granger,32 granby rd,mile end stockport,1/7th
there were two other men from the manchesters who were taken prisoner,but they were not on these lists,heres the story
pte hewitt of the 1/9th,wrote to his old boss,who he was employed for on his farm at littlemoss,he said that he was with pte marland at gallipoli on 19th june 1915,they were about to jump a trench,when a shell burst near them,pte marland jumped onto the other side and was grabbed by the turks and took away,pte hewitt was wounded in the leg by the shell,and also marched off,after marching for a couple of miles,he came across pte marlands bugle lying at the side of the track,and picked it up,he intended to return it to him when they got home to ashton,but it was taken off him by the turks while he was recovering in hospital at constantinople,pte marland never came home,nobody knew what happened to him,pte hewitt didnt mention about any shelling on his trek back to the turkish lines,i can only summise that they must have killed him.
pte 1263 albert marland,of ashton
mack
ps.it doesnt help you bob,but you know how i like to rabbit on
