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From Germany to
Tilbury,
Came an exchange
of British
Prisoners, by
return of Germans.
Out of 96 came 10
members
Of Royal Army
Medical Corps.
The 10 came from
various
Places of
internment - their
Experiences to
vary, compared
To those released
from
Ruhleben
Internment Camp.
Men from the
Medical Corps
Had been
attending wounded
Men in the field,
when captured -
One Canadian
corporal and
Two others had
been at Ypres.
Their party
following closely
With the advancing
British -
To be fired on,
then captured -
Treated well, but
behind
German lines that
then altered.
Their guards had
allowed
Them to be kicked
at spat at
Another told how
during a march
He fell out of
line of four
Abreast, then be hit with a rifle.
The medical men
had acted
As orderlies in
various hospitals.
Most were made to
feel awkward
But one Corporal
said when
On duty, he had
no problems.
Amid the other 86
British
Were some
children, women
And 36 non-white
people, to say
Conditions at
Ruhleben
Were better - devoid of bullying.
A factor noted by
them
Was of food
improvements -
This came from the
American
Embassy - where
once
A week was received
roast meat.
This relieved the
tedium
Of their frequently
poor diet -
Until relief came for them -
Having been
detained
From the earliest
time of war.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. Released
Prisoners - Arrival at Tilbury - Red Cross Men's Experiences. The Daily
Telegraph, [online] 8 January 1916.
P.7. Col.3. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12083269/Daily-Telegraph-January-8-1916.html
[Accessed: 8 January 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 8 January 2016).
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