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ABLE SEAMAN W ANDERSON COLLINGWOOD BATTALION R N D


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This is
A new post
That covers ,
The internment of the RND
In Groningen Holland ...
From the early days
After the 11th of October 1914,
On 11th October 1914, 1,500 men of the First Royal Naval Brigade arrived in Groningen. They had been deployed in early October to assist the Belgian army against German troops attacking Antwerp.
On arrival in Holland, they were interned (in accordance with International Law), in Groningen, a city in northern Holland. Behind the present-day Mesdagkliniek (the former city jail) a complete encampment was erected on the paradeground of the Rabenhauptkazerne (the local military barracks, situated opposite this prison).
The Christmas card sent from Groningen in December 1914 shows the old barracks, they were put in until the purpose built camp nicknamed,
HMS TIMBERTOWN,
Was completed,
the
card is from one William Anderson
If you look on the photo with the 3 matelots
Sitting by a round table ,
You will see william on the left,
Also the last photo marked 1280 is also him
W, Anderson,

The Christmas card is from collingwood
Battalion RND that was nearly wiped out at galliopli.
thanks to the
Help from Niko Van Kerckhoven
Who provided the photo
marked 1208
We can now put everything together
The last photo shows the collingwood
Memorial at blandford camp , mentioned in an earlier post thank you everybody for making this possible, also thanks to
Paul Mal Cooper
For the photo of the collingwood monument,
And Menno Wielinga
And Guido Blokland
For the information in the camp
Another soul remembered
From the card he sent
And documentation
He won't be forgotten

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