Monday 3 May 2010

" Britishers killed by the Reds" New York Times Nov 2 1919

"Baron and Baroness Woerman and J.T. Armitstead slain in Riga.


LONDON, Nov 1.-Baron and Baroness Woerman, nephew and niece of the late Lord Armitstead, were murdered by the Bolsheviki on Riga last May, according to news reaching the Armitstead family at Dundee, Scotland.


The advices add that a grand nephew Lord Armitstead, John Cecil Armitstead, was shot in March after having been in prison three months"


New York Times Nov 2 1919