14 September 2018

King's Royal Rifle Corps - Other Ranks PoWs 1914


There are 358 men on this list of King's Royal Rifle Corps other ranks who were captured by the Germans on or before Christmas Day 1914. I have transcribed this data from the following Imperial War Museum collection:

B.O.2 1/138 is an 11-page badly-faded and often illegible hand-written list sent to Sir Ernest Goodhart by Officer i/c Rifle Records, Winchester, dated 3rd February 1919


My full transcription of these men (not reproduced here) also contains the home address and/or next of kin address of all of the men. Note that due to the poor quality of this scanned document, not all details are legible


The full transcription is available for sale for £25. Contact me if you would like to purchase a copy - albeit do note the caveat above.

For more information about these so-called 'Princess Mary tin PoWs' see my 1914 PoWs page. The majority of these men will also have records published by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Searching is free; finding your man can be difficult.



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5303 Rifleman J Abbey, 11145 Rifleman F W Adams, 4813 Rifleman W Adfield, 7519 Rifleman J Allen, 5075 Rifleman J S Allen, 1908 W Allen, 10948 Rifleman Allen, 7581 Rifleman A C Allwood, 6205 Lance-Corporal J Almond, 7551 Rifleman C Amass, 8047 Rifleman Amies, 5260 Rifleman W Andrews, 5454 Rifleman G Ashton, 10577 Rifleman G Astley, 9866 Pte Charles E Ayres.

7360 Rifleman H Bagley, 10398 Rifleman Charles E Bailey, 3963 Rifleman W Bailey, 7947 Rifleman T Baister, 3270 Rifleman E Baker, 3072 Rifleman H Baker, 6409 Corporal R W Baldwin, 2859 Rifleman A R Baldwyn, 7501 Rifleman A Ball, 7037 Private Thomas Banks, 4685 Rifleman J Barfield, 5909 Rifleman E Barker, 6800 Corporal J W Barker, 5743 Rifleman W H Barker, 4045 Rifleman T Barnett, 891 Rifleman J R Barratt, 7772 Rifleman C Barrett, 3033 Rifleman L Bartley, 10689 Rifleman Henry J Barton, 5432 Rifleman A Batson, 3347 Rifleman S Beach, 11012 Rifleman A J Beale, 9519 Corporal H Bell, 10526 Pte Percy H Bell, 6241 Rifleman P Benbows, 1403 T Benson, 11236 Rifleman G E Betteridge, 3487 Rifleman J Bingham, 10531 Lance-Corporal J Blackshaw, 11206 Rifleman A E Blake, 7163 Rifleman T Bloomer, 6697 Rifleman J Blunt, 10892 Rifleman T Booker, 3653 Rifleman W Booth, 7288 Rifleman A Border, 10127 Rifleman F Bowers, 6457 Rifleman T Bowers, 10263 Rifleman George Brabon, 7382 Rifleman F W Bradford, 7649 Rifleman H Bradley, 1427 Rifleman J Brady, 9920 Rifleman Bray, 11535 Rifleman S T Brett, 7816 Rifleman S Bridge, 11115 Rifleman Ernest Brixey, 5997 Rifleman L Broadbent, 9749 Corporal P Broughton, 11140 B G Brown, 10982 Rifleman E Brown, 7509 Rifleman G E Brown, 4390 Lance-Corporal J J Brown, 6418 Rifleman W H Brown, 9651 Rifleman A Bruno, 4410 Lance-Corporal Charles Bryne, 4139 Rifleman T Bull, 4890 Rifleman W Buller, 11324 Rifleman Harry Burditt, 3247 Rifleman E Burke, 9842 Corporal J Burke, 10912 Rifleman A Burridge, 4469 Rifleman F Bush, 5842 W Button, 2546 Rifleman W Byrne.




4170 Rifleman J Cade, 6277 Rifleman J Cahill, 6511 Lance-Corporal F T Callaway, 7110 Rifleman Calley, 6681 Rifleman Charles Cameron, 6036 Rifleman J Cannon, 2731 T Carter, 11156 Rifleman R R Caterer, 7574 Rifleman H Chambers, 2706 Rifleman R Chambers, 7411 Rifleman A Chapman, 7300 Rifleman M Chapman, 7526 Rifleman E Chappell, 1569 Rifleman J Chappell, 1460 CSM H W Charles, 3106 Rifleman T B Cheers, 3998 Rifleman H L Chesterton, 8451 Rifleman Thomas Chetwynd (pictured above), 10537 Rifleman T A Chipping, 256 Rifleman G Clarke, 7222 Private A Clough, 2268 Rifleman Bernard E Cocker, 7512 William Coleman, 7502 Rifleman William Collen, 11303 Rifleman G Collins, 5503 Private H Collins, 10700 Rifleman H B Collins, 6305 Private T Compey, 7462 Rifleman Vincent Conn, 6356 Rifleman C Cook, 5813 Rifleman J J Cook, 6651 Rifleman G Cooke, 5005 Rifleman A Cooper, 6539 Lance-Corporal J Cooper, 3538 Rifleman W Cooper, 6598 Rifleman H Copley, 6853 Rifleman T T Cornwell, 2274 Rifleman W A Corser, 6909 Rifleman J E Cotton, 4240 Rifleman H A Cox, 10777 Rifleman R G Cox, 4840 Rifleman R Cragg, 7585 Rifleman T Cruikshanks, 8115 Rifleman Daniel Cullimore, 7659 Rifleman George Cutler.

2577 S Dads, 10436 Lance-Corporal W Dalby, 6316 Rifleman Albert Dale, 5744 Rifleman Thomas E Dangerfield, 6791 Rifleman G Davies, 1385 Rifleman Leonard Davis, 10688 Rifleman G Day, 1211 Rifleman W E Day, 5922 A E Dean, 6519 Rifleman F Deane, 4945 Rifleman G Dewy, 6855 Rifleman Frederick J Dillingham, 7673 W Dimpsey, 11153 Rifleman William R Ding, 6337 Rifleman Walter Doncaster, 6881 Rifleman E Doughty, 2200 Rifleman J E Duggan, 4592 Lance-Corporal J Duncan, 5602 J Dunn.

2727 Rifleman William H Eaton, 7950 Rifleman Frank Edwards, 11253 Rifleman T A Edwards, 6187 Rifleman Robert J Ellsmore, 7026 Rifleman William H Emery, 1842 [unclear] Emmett, 10929 [unclear] Evans, 11151 A E Evans.

5630 Rifleman J E Fell, 7073 Rifleman John Fenwick, 7022 Rifleman John Fereday, 3935 Rifleman Arthur Finney, 6757 Rifleman P W Fisher, 3423 Rifleman Sidney J Flinders, 7217 Rifleman A Flint, 5894 Rifleman William Fox, 6605 J A Franklin, 6978 Rifleman W Freatwell, 6630 Rifleman H Freeman, 2073 Corporal William Frith.

5575 Albert Garrison, 11337 Rifleman Stephen Giddings, 9111 Sergeant S S Gilbert, 5608 William Gilbert, 6350 Thomas Glover, 10487 Alfred Gough, 6044 Private J Green , 6833 Harry Greenwood, 7612 Abraham Griffiths, 4292 George Grimsdale, 3937 J H Hadfield, 11530 Bert Hales, 6343 Sergeant Frederick Hall, 6064 Private A Hammond, 4914 F G Handley, unclear Rifleman Harnett, 6116 Rifleman John T Harnetty, 1596 Rifleman Horace Harris, 4167 W J Harris, 2032 Robert S Harvey, 6459 Rifleman Charles Hensman, 5098 Rifleman Hill, 7590 Frederick W Hines, 7028 William Hodgkinson, 10671 Rifleman Wallace R Holes, 7694 William Holton, 8088 Bugler Best Horlock, 11144 James H Horton, 1093 Sergeant A Hudson, 5910 Private C Hunt, 1141 Rifleman R Hunt.

1243 Rifleman C Impey.

5671 G H Jackson, 6410 Cpl Fred T Jagger, 4771 Rifleman H Jayes, 6059 Rifleman W Jeffery, 3652 Rifleman J Jenkins, 6455 Rifleman D Johns , 11186 Lance-Corporal R Johnstone, 2989 Private S Johnstone, 4808 Rifleman W H Jones, 9820 Rifleman Jones.

1768 Lance-Corporal T Keane, 5929 George H Kelly, 7960 Richard C Kemp, 5710 Rifleman J Kempton, 9900 Corporal John F Keohane, 11188 Rifleman G F Kerridge, 9494 Lance-Corporal H Kettle, 7167 Rifleman Thomas Kilkelly, 7364 Rifleman D W Kingston, 5410 W Kirby, 4070 Corporal J T Kirk, 2693 Rifleman H Knight.

3686 Rifleman James Lalley, 11132 James Langston, 11046 George H P Lanz, 2397 Rifleman Arthur Lazenby, 6339 Rifleman Herbert W Leather, 10324 Corporal A Lee, 7890 Rifleman Joseph A Lee, 4944 Rifleman William Leyland, 9110 Rifleman Norman Loftus, 2935 Rifleman R Lomax, 8967 Harry R Lupton.

2608 Rifleman T S May, 5374 Rifleman John McCluskey, 6687 Rifleman John McDermott, 9251 Rifleman T McInlay, 2499 Rifleman Thomas McQueeney, 6047 Rifleman William S Meadley, 7141 Rifleman J L Meakins, 2516 Rifleman J A Metcalfe, 5903 Rifleman F Mockford, 4245 Rifleman Charles Moore, 10462 Rifleman H J Moore, 4047 Rifleman Peter H Moore, 10006 Corporal A T Morgan, 11296 Rifleman E L R Morgan, 7247 Lance-Corporal A S Mullarky, 1315 Private J Murphy, 6434 Rifleman Ernest Myers, 7380 Sergeant E Myttion.

5856 Rifleman A Nash, 9424 Corporal W H Naylor, 5550 Rifleman [unclear] Noon, 6498 E North.

7536 P O'Brien, 6317 J U Osborne, 3939 Sydney W Pammant, 10298 Ernest G Parbery, 9685 A Parker, 5919 Private A Parker, 7334 J G Parker, 10530 Charles Parrott, 7055 Leonard Pasnett, 3329 G O Payne, 10679 Walter Peachey, 10976 George A Pearson, [unclear] A E Phillips, 6751 W Phillips, 10143 W Philpot, 10468 Private A Pittman, 1468 W G Plumley, 11013 Leonard Price, 9645 Robert J Prior, 4850 W Pugh.

6342 Arthur Radford, 7446 Walter Radford, 5225 J Rafferty, 10977 W G Ramsay, 8375 T Redmond, 11005 Robert L Reeve, 4081 Ernest Revell, 7067 H Revell, 11134 J S Reynolds, 7209 [unclear] Roberts, 4841 J W Roberts, 5406 R Robinson, 7598 S Robinson, 7510 George Robson, 4720 F Roz, 5210 John Rudman, 10940 A J Ryan, 7469 William Ryan.

5774 [unclear] Samuels, 5182 G Sawyer, 11319 Private Henry Searle, 6279 A Sharp, 4282 R Sharples, 4581 John Sheldon, 11160 Ernest Sheldrick, 7871 Stanley R Shemmings, 5216 H Shorney, 11027 John Shubrook, 10693 Arthur Sillett, 11054 Arthur H Silverton, 4499 Charles Simpson, 10950 Harry Sims, 10942 George H Slatter, 7864 [unclear] Smith, 4638 C H Smith, 3380 J W Smith, 3020 S Smith, 7442 Albert Smithhurst, 11025 William C B Soppitt, 2179 James Speak, 9840 William A Stanistreet, 4254 Rifleman Herbert Stanyon, 7120 Thomas Starkie, 6579 Malcolm Stephenson, 10800 Stephen C Stevens, 6514 Edward Stinson, 4308 A Stockwell, 10996 Thomas A Stone, 9691 F G Style, 1197 H G Sutton, 3069 S Sykes.

802 P H Taylor, 11058 Private A Thirman, 11545 F Thomas, 5806 Robert C Thomas, 5529 C Thompson, 6759 Stanley Thompson, 6379 F Thornhill, 11104 Henry Thorpe, 11246 Herbert J Tiplady, 5915 R Topper, 5502 W E Towler, 2573 CSM F S Tyler.

11141 G E Walker, 5443 Thomas Wall, 4701 Ernest Wallis, 2262 J Walsh, 9579 H Walters, 900 Rifleman William Walton, 10933 W T Ward, 10621 Frank E Warner, 10943 T W Watson, 4320 J Watt, 10959 E A Webb, 10186 Frederick W Welsh, 4658 J Whalley, 10043 Frederick White, 7867 John Whitney, 2160 G H Wilkinson, 10723 Edward Willbourn, 11101 Francis Williams, 3575 Walter Wilson, 2125 G Winsor, 6088 George Wolliter, 4076 [unclear] Wood, 11214 W W Wood, 5032 William Wood, 7611 H Woolwich.

10768 G H Young.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thank you i have found my relative on your list of prisoners of war, thank you kindly for taking the time to transcribe the list

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