Private Harry Birchall
4855 Scots Guards
35 Reed Street
Burnley Express 22/9/1917 - 22/9/1917 - 22/9/1917

"There is a report in the 'paper of his return to Burnley from being a POW. In WW1 he served in the Scots Guards. The camp ones are either or both his time as a POW or he (reputedly) went to Switzerland for the benefit of his health. He survived the war."

(All photographs and information courtesy of Angela Jones )

The sailor is Wilfred Charlton who was killed in the war