Pte. Alexander Crawford No. 2805

Pte Alexander Crawford was one of a number of men reported 'Missing believed killed' in the Battalion's action on the Arras front on 26th March 1916.  This card is addressed personally to the Battalion's former Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Grant, who was also involved with the Prisoner of War Department.  The cards for Kindness and Anderson had pre-printed addresses to the Prisoner of War Bureau in Aberdeen.  See also : War Diary entry for Missing March 1916.

At this time Crawford was held at a camp at Friedrichsfeld in the Rhineland.  Prisoners here were often subjected to brutal treatment in the nearby coal mines.

The three POW cards shown on this site are  from The First World War published by the Scottish Records Office.

See also: The Prisoners : 1914 - 18 by Robert Jackson, Routledge 1989