Does anyone know which units of the British Army were responsible for guarding German prisoners in France? There is some evidence linking my grandfather with prisoners - a posed photograph of four Germans which he brought home, and a postcard sent in 1917 from a place where German prisoners worked in iron quarries (St. Andre-sur-Orne, near Caen). There is a tradition in our family that he was in the RAMC, but were RAMC personnel ever stationed at work camps?

John.

hello

whats his name and we can check that name to regiments on the medal index cards

I've tried that. His name is Leonard Turner and there are 95 Leonard Turners in the medal cards.

John.

One of the units who were used to guard prisoners was the Labour Corps. These were typically older soldiers or those passed as fit for service but not front line. Any camp would require medical services so RAMC is possible.