Following in the footsteps of heroes 104 years after Bolton PoWs made an epic journey back home
The war was over. But for 928 soldiers from Bolton they faced a long march to freedom. When the guns finally fell silent at the end of the First World War they were left stranded in PoW camps near the German city of Munster.
In June Dave Carter, a Gunner in the Royal Artillery, RAF Junior Technician Stephen Kenworthy, Paul Burgess, a Lance-Corporal in the Royal Tank Regiment, and Warrant Officer Simon Cass, Royal Army Physical Training Corps, will set off for Germany, and then follow in the footsteps of those who made the 1919 trip back to Blighty. Two of them will be repeating the same journey made by their great granfathers who were amongst the 928.
“Back then the German trains were still running on the Hindenburg Line, so we’ll travel by rail up to the Belgian border, but after that it’s a matter of finding the kind of transport my great-grandad and his mates would have had to look for. It could be a friendly farmer with a tractor and trailer or we could be walking.”
Dave added: “James Carter and his friends made it back to a holding camp near Dover where they had a choice of accepting £2, a new uniform and a train ticket home or if they were injured, they could stay behind and wait to be assessed. Most, like my great-grandad, opted to head for home but they didn’t realise by doing so they waived their rights to any compensation for their injuries in the future.
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