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  1. 30-06-2020, 3:28 PM #11
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    Per online translations sites, "granatspl" appears to be short for Granatsplitter which means shrapnel.
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  2. 30-06-2020, 4:50 PM #12
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    About what I would have guessed. When I looked it up all I got were references to some sort of kitchen utensil.
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  3. 01-07-2020, 4:17 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Henry's Grandad View Post
    So, my man was Thomas Ferdinand Wharton and he appeared on a German list of allied prisoners of war.
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    Did you find him on this site? https://grandeguerre.icrc.org

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    "dyfal donc a dyr y garreg"
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  4. 02-07-2020, 11:59 AM #14
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    No. I found him on FMP using their Military filter but I believe the source is icrc. The record gave his mother's home address, so I knew immediately I had found the right person.
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  5. 02-07-2020, 1:06 PM #15
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    Just had a peep - the images on FMP are the documents on the icrc site.
    "dyfal donc a dyr y garreg"
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