Prisoners of War

Receipt for Prisoners of War, Army Form W.3343.  The wording on the form says:

Received from Sergeant Sladden in charge of escort

The undermentioned numbers of prisoners of war:

Officers – 0, Other Ranks – 55; Total – 55

Time 16.40, Date 4th November 1918      

A red stamp says “Convalescent Depot German Prisoners of War”.

It seems that George Sladden, who is believed to have been back in England by then, was escorting 55 prisoners of war

© The Sladden family descendants and by kind permission of the Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service (reference 705:1037/9824//ii/6).