| Other Info | Percy John England was wounded and with other casualties who were sent to a small temporary hospital at Caudry (Courdrai). However, by the 27th August the Germans, who were by then in occupation of the place, and sent all the wounded to Cambrai as POW's, including Percy.
He was then sent to a Prisoner of War camp at Limburg (Lahn), Germany No. 863. This was one of the Registration Camps which also had a camp hospital.
He was to stay in this camp from the time he was captured until the summer of 1915, when he was then transferred to Giessen Camp in the Province of Hesse.
During 1916 Private England was transferred from Giessen to Cellelager and then on to Vehnemoor Camp.
On the 23rd June 1917 he was transferred to Konigsmoor Camp west of Bremen near the town of Saltau. But he only stayed there a few weeks.
After the war Percy John England retuned to England and was then posted to Dublin, Ireland with the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. On the 9th November 1919 he was transferred on to the 'B' Section List at Warwick as he had completed 7 years service with the regular army. |
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