Anonymous User Wrote:
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> I am researching the Prisoner of War camp in
> Skipton. In 1919 the influenza epidemic hit the
> camp at Skipton. 105 POW's were taken for
> treatment at the British military hospital at
> Keighley, also known as Morton Bank. 47 prisoners
> died altogether, 5 before they reached hospital.
> A German prisoner wrote a book about the camp. He
> writes that the prisoners were impressed with the
> quality of treatment they received there despite
> the high mortality rate.
> I would like information about the following
> prisoners all were navy personnel and most were
> submariners. I am relying in part on entries made
> by British medical orderlies and the language
> barrier was a big problem in Yorkshire in 1919.
> Other information comes from a role of honour in
> the above-mentioned book.
>
> Rank Family Name Christian Name
> Mar-Ing Dietrich Friedrich
> Kplt Krech Günther
> Oblt.z.S.von der Lühe Vicco
> Oblt.z.S.Schmitz
> Cpl. Wölke R.
> Cpl. Voalca Robert
> Lt. Strang Paul
> L.Cpl Mertens C.
>
> date of admission date of departure
> 28.2.19 died 2.3.19 in Keighley
> 28.2.19 died 5.3.19 in Keighley
> 27.2.19 died 1.3.19 in Keighley
> died 4.3.19 in Skipton
> 16.12.18 14.1.19
> 15.12.18 unknown
> 26.2.19 died either 28.2.19 or
> 1.3.19.in Keighley.
> 16.7.18 25.7.18
>
> age place of origin unit
> 28 Potsdam U Flott Flander
> Berlin-Zehlendorf 5 U Flotille
> 28 Schwerin i. Mecklenburg U Flott Flander (UB 16)
> Berlin U Flott Flander
> 25 Marine Inf
> 25 Marine Inf
> 35 Kleve Rheinland 2.See Fl Abt
> 32 German Navy
>
>
>
> The table I prepared does not seem to have
> transferred too well, so I hope it is
> comprehensible. Admission and departure dates are
> from the hospital in Keighley.
>
>
> I am not sure if the other ranks were submariners
> or not, but I have included them to
> be on the safe side.
>
> In addition Robert Wilhelm Moraht was according to
> your website imprisoned at Colsterdale. Prisoners
> form Colsterdale were transferred to Skipton in
> January 1918 He was commander of U64. The Skipton
> camp contained 546 officers and 137 other ranks.
> Of these 324 officers and 47 other ranks became
> ill with flu.
>
> I am researching the camp at Skipton/Colsterdale
> and would like to know:-
>
> Details of other submariners who may have been
> imprisoned there
> Biographical details about all submariners
> imprisoned in the camps.
> Details of the uboots they served in and details
> of their capture and the fate of their vessels.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help. I must admit
> I am quite new to using an internet forum, so with
> a large amount of trepidation I await the results.
> Hope the above information is useful to other
> people.
>
> Alan Roberts