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David Bain
Member of the Royal Naval Division experiences life as a World War One prisoner of war
David Bain became a Leading Stoker in Collingwood Battalion of the Royal Naval Division at the beginning of World War One. After brief training the Division went to defend Antwerp alongside Belgian forces but following several days of fighting, heavy German bombardment forced them to retreat. To avoid capture by the Germans 1500 members of the Division entered neutral Holland and this resulted in them being sent to an internment camp at Groningen. Three men of the Hawke Battalion managed to escape by impersonating gasmen. The advancing Germans, however, caught 1000 personnel from the Division, including David Bain, and imprisoned them in Doberitz camp.
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Prisoners of war at Doberitz (RNM)
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