Postcard with a photographic portrait of three officers at Wahmbeck camp in Germany
Postcard with a photographic portrait of three officers (two holding smoking pipes) at the entrance to the Wahmbeck camp building, with signatures Geo Small [George Small], H. Hatcher [William Henry Hatcher] and M.J. Mackenzie [Murdoch James Mackenzie].
All three individuals were interned after their merchant vessels had been captured and sunk by the German raider MOEWE. George Small, born at Cullercoats, Northumberland, in 1880, was second engineer on the FRENCH PRINCE ex BULGARIAN PRINCE ex MINEOLA (1900), Prince Line Ltd., sunk off Brazil on 15 February 1917. William Henry Hatcher, born in London in 1895, was second mate on the EDDIE (1895), Thomas Turnbull & Son Shipping Co. Ltd., sunk off Brazil on 16 February 1917. Murdoch James Mackenzie, born at Hull in 1891, was second engineer on the KATHERINE (1904), Christian Salvesen & Co., sunk in the Atlantic on 24 February 1917.
All three individuals were interned after their merchant vessels had been captured and sunk by the German raider MOEWE. George Small, born at Cullercoats, Northumberland, in 1880, was second engineer on the FRENCH PRINCE ex BULGARIAN PRINCE ex MINEOLA (1900), Prince Line Ltd., sunk off Brazil on 15 February 1917. William Henry Hatcher, born in London in 1895, was second mate on the EDDIE (1895), Thomas Turnbull & Son Shipping Co. Ltd., sunk off Brazil on 16 February 1917. Murdoch James Mackenzie, born at Hull in 1891, was second engineer on the KATHERINE (1904), Christian Salvesen & Co., sunk in the Atlantic on 24 February 1917.
Record details
| Item reference: | HSR/G/10/10; REG24/000158.10 |
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| Catalogue section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 postcard |
| Date made: | circa 1918 |
| Creator: | Young, James |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- First class certificate of proficiency in radiotelegraphy issued to James Young (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/1)
- Postcard with a circular photographic portrait of James Young (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/2)
- Postcard with a photographic portrait of James Young (centre) and two others in Marconi Company uniform, in a studio setting (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/3)
- Postcard with a signed photographic portrait of C.A. Turnbull [Charles Allan Turnbull] at Wahmbeck camp in Germany (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/4)
- Postcard with a signed photographic portrait of E.A. Godsell [Edward Alan Godsell] at Krefeld camp in Germany (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/5)
- Postcard with a signed photographic portrait of Geo P. Rivers [George Philip Rivers] at Wahmbeck camp in Germany (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/6)
- Postcard with a signed photographic portrait of A.D. Jones [Arthur Duncan Jones) at Wahmbeck camp in Germany (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/7)
- Postcard with a signed photographic portrait of ‘Holly’ [Hubert John Thomas Holland] at Wahmbeck camp in Germany (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/8)
- Postcard with a photographic portrait of James Young at Wahmbeck camp in Germany (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/9)
- Postcard with a photographic portrait of three officers at Wahmbeck camp in Germany (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/10)
- Postcard with a photographic portrait of a large group of Mercantile Marine officers at Wahmbeck camp in Germany (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/11)
- Postcard showing the Sommerfrische Rothhaus at Wahmbeck an der Weser in Germany (Manuscript) (HSR/G/10/12)
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