statement, form
Accession Number
NAM.2001-07-703-3-31
Description
Sworn statement relating to named German prisoner of war camps, 1918. By Sgt A E Sanders, 1st Bn Norfolk Regiment, regarding the death of Pte Leeson, Coldstream Guards, as a result of conditions at Langendreer coal-mine; with a supporting statement by Cpl H Dexter, 3rd Bn Coldstream Guards. From file of papers described as ‘6th Statement, 24 Apr. 1918’. One of eight files consisting mostly of sworn statements, sent to the Government Committee on the Treatment by the Germans of British Prisoners of War, by courts of enquiry held at The Hague, Holland, Mar-June 1918.
Campaigns
World War One, POWs (1914-1918)
Associated collection