Themes
David Bain
Victory Medal 1914-19
Awarded to Leading Stoker David Bain.
David Bain. (RNM)
David Bain was a Leading Stoker in the Collingwood Battalion of the Royal Naval Division during World War One. The battalion disbanded after suffering massive losses at the Third Battle of Krithia on 4 June 1915 during the Gallipoli campaign.
Bain became a prisoner of war of the Germans the same year, interred at Doeberitz camp situated to the west of Berlin from 1915 to 1918. A period of repatriation in Holland followed his release at the end of the war.
Bain married Lily Rodgers, a childhood friend with whom he had stayed in touch throughout his time as a POW, after his return to Sheffield in 1919.
Postcard used by Bain whilst a POW at Doeberitz Camp (RNM)
Letter from Bain whilst a POW interned at a camp in the Hague (RNM)
