I have been looking for this man for some time .... I look everywhere I can think of .... then I put him on the back burner ... I think it's time to bring him to the front burner again !! Any information would be gratefully received Chris Paton's amazing website includes .... HERBERT OWEN Herbert Owen is listed in the surviving register from Barrack 5 at Ruhleben (register number 2), recorded by Neville Stanley Wilkinson in approximately 1916. In the register, Owen is recorded as having been born on August 20th 1879 in Bolton, and is described as having been a fitter prior to his internment. His home address was listed as 12 Ainsdale Street, West Gorton, Manchester. At the time the register was recorded, Owen was noted as staying in loft A. Owen was recorded as a member of the Ruhleben Lancastrian Society in the Manchester Guardian of January 15th 1915 (p.12). The article is entitled "Interned in Germany: Lancashire's Civilian Prisoners: Full List of Those Detained at Ruhleben". Between December 22nd and December 27th, Owen spent some time in the camp's Schonungsbaracke. (An H. Owen was also noted as having been in the Schoningsbaracke between January 12th 1918 and January 24th, though this may have been Harold Owen, rather than Herbert.) Herbert relocated to Holland on April 25th 1918. http://ruhleben.tripod.com/ Research on - going .......
