This week Sabine’s battlefield guide Saturday :
Willy Feld and Erich Jagush buried in Glasgow
I got a photo send by a friend living in Scotland, It intrigued me why were they still there and not moved to Cannock chase and what happened.
Willy Feld was born 19/09/1894, a ‘gefreiter’ in the 104th infantry regiment 1 cie, the contact details written in the red cross files were from Frl. Helene Weichert, Schneeberg Erzgebirge Sachsen Dresden. He died in the 3rd Scottish general hospital in Glasgow. He had been admitted on the 23rd of August 1917 diagnosed with inflammation of left middle ear, pneumonia and syncope. Buried on the 29thof August 1917 in the Western Necropolis Maryhill Glasgow.
When he exactly arrived in Scotland as a POW is hard to find, in the ‘ Verlustlisten’ there is a mention on the 8th of January 1917, and another list of the 2nd of November 1917 saying he died in captivity . In the ‘Vermißtenliste’ for his regiment I did not find his name. But they revealed some of his comrades went missing between the 18th and 20th of October 1916 at Eaucourt Somme. When he became a POW is one big question, red cross files do not reveal anything.
Jagusch Erich Paul Johann same regiment but 2cie, he was admitted on the 2’th of August 1917 at 4rd Scottisch general hospital, Stobhill Glasgow diagnosed with appendicitis and peritonitis. Died on the 28th of August 1917 and was buried the 30th.
Both men share a grave.
The two men were both held at Loch Doon POW Camp in Ayrshire and when taken ill were transferred to Stobhill Military Hospital in Glasgow. Their deaths were registered at the Springburn District of Glasgow, Lanarkshire. Unfortunately WO 162/341 was a dead end for me in the national archives, it has not been digitized.
During the First World War the hospital was converted into two military hospitals known as the third and fourth Scottish General hospitals. It was particularly suited to this use because it was designed to handle ambulance trains
Sources : https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/
Vermißtenliste des Infanterie-Regiments Nr. 104VerlegerTeubnerErscheinungsortDresden
CWGC, great war forum,
Images : Photo taken by James Duffy, red cross files of both men