Enemy Nationals in the British Army

[Tom Morgan]

I have only just come across this thread. I was interested to read about ideas of "nationality" and how this was (at the time) chiefly concerned with where a person was born.

What nationality would a man have been considered to have if he was born in Germany because his British parents were living there, I wonder.

Taking "Soldiers Died in the Great War" as a sample of a large number of soldiers who were at some time invited to state where they were born:

There are 13 soldiers listed who gave their birthplaces as "xxxxxxxx, Germany."

Their names are:

Harry Barclay

Henry Joe Burhouse

Harry Campbell

Donald Leo Carden

Ayscough Cunningham

Harry Evans

Jacob Gotz

Hugo James Kershaw

Charles Pfeffer

Peter Heinrich Sievers

George William Weirich

Percy Wolfenden

Herbert Wood

Presumably they were considered British enough to be allowed to enlist?

Tom

[HarryBettsMCDCM]

Herman Arlt,whose Family ran a Tobacconist Shop in Wisbech Cambridgeshire,in 1901{Census},was a German born National as were his Family,he served as a Pre~War Territorial & Served Overseas with the 6th Battalion,The Northamptonshire Regiment{Oddly receiving the TFEM,Impressed to the 6th Battalion~ A Service Battalion~He was also entitled to a BWM & Allied Victory Medal.