| Accession Number | P05974.004 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Germany |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of Captain Pius Stengel. Capt Stengel, an ex-Prussian regular, was recalled from ...
Description
Studio portrait of Captain Pius Stengel. Capt Stengel, an ex-Prussian regular, was recalled from retirement at the outbreak of war in 1914 and was in charge of the POW Camp at Freiburg in 1917. This card was brough home from the war by 1504 Lieutenant Maurice Francis Burke. Lt Burke was captured on 2 March 1917 at Le Transloy, France, where he received a hand grenade splinter wound to the right forearm and both legs. He was hospitalised at Osnabruck, before being transferred to POW Camps at Karlsruhe, then Freiburg. He was repatriated to England on 4 December 1918. Burke later recounted to his family that Captain Stengel was a decent man, and allowed the him his office for privacy upon receiving word of the death of Captain Harold Burke, his brother on 23 August 1918.