King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regt) - Other Rank PoWs 1914

This is an edited roll of Other Ranks serving with the 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), who were captured by the enemy and became Prisoners of War on or before the 25th December 1914. Read more about this data source on my 1914 PoWs page.

This data has been transcribed from one source at the Imperial War Museum:

1. B.O.2 1/134. This is a 12-page, typed list sent by the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) Prisoner of War Care Committee to Sir Ernest Goodhart, dated 6th January 1919

My full transcription of this King's Own data (not reproduced here) also contains the man's home address (unless the man had not yet been repatriated) and, in the case of men who had died as prisoners of war, details of their next of kin and next of kin address.

There are over 200 names on this list, light by some battalions' standards for 1914 but nevertheless a significant loss of experienced soldiers.

The majority of the men here are regular soldiers although the numbers for 1604 John Ostle, 1964 John Haley and 2268 Henry William Berry suggest that these three men were from the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and were sent out as part of a draft in September 1914. 2872 J Robinson's entry is scored through on the original list. His number also suggests the Special Reserve but a later enlistment in August 1914 and by rights he shouldn't have been sent overseas until 1915.

I wonder if the detail above depicts 4711 Company Sergeant Major Joseph Murray (seated right, waxed moustache) who enlisted in 1895 and who must have been heartily cheesed-off (as would have been most of the men) to be taken out of action so soon. The majority of the men listed here already had over five years' colour service under their belts before they were sent to France. The photograph was taken at Diepholz Prisoner of War camp, near Hanover; date unknown.

In the list that follows, any transcription errors are unintentional and my own.

10720 Private H Adkins, 6127 Private J Allen, 8236 Private W Allen, 9581 Private I Anderson, 10733 Private T Andrews, 8529 Private J Arkwright, 9189 Private S Arthur, 7938 Private J Askew, 7522 Private A Astley

7851 Private A Bailey, 6083 Private T Baker, 10885 Private R Baker, 8503 Sergeant J Bamford, 8071 Private G Bamping, 6807 Private R Bendle, 2268 Private H W Berry, 7222 Private J Berry, 8146 Private J W Berry, 8001 Private W Bevan, 8416 Private F Bishop, 11061 Private R Blackburn, 10225 Lance-Corporal W C Bloxham, 8969 Private C Blundell, 7729 Private J Booth, 10897 Private W Booth, 10987 Private F R Bowlt, 7819 Private A Bradshaw, 5778 Private W Braithwaite, 9175 Lance-Corporal W A Bridson, 7756 Private R Brierly, 11154 Lance-Corporal T Broad, 9848 Private H Brocks, 8943 Private J Brotherwood, 6228 Private J Brown, 10871 Private G Brown, 11077 Private A Budworth, 8617 Private J Bullough, 7492 Private R Burgess, 7618 Private B Burton, 8042 Private R C Burton, 9555 Private J Butterworth

11140 Private J J Caine, 7779 Private T Callaghan, 8676 Private J Carter, 7163 Lance-Corporal D Cartledge, 10878 Private A Caswell, 7099 Private J Clark, 5909 Private G Colecliffe, 9006 Private A Coleman, 7622 Private J Cooke, 10674 Private R Cooper, 11117 Private J H Coulson, 6488 Private E Coulthurst, 10796 Private A F Cox, 10931 Private T Crayford, 8949 Private J Cross, 8352 Private L Crossley, 7432 Private I Crowder, 9601 Private G G Cruttwell, 6879 Private E Cutting

6674 Private J Dale, 11056 Private J Dalski, 10869 Private B Daniels, 6626 Private W Davis, 8021 Private J G Day, 10388 Private W Day, 11060 Private J Dickie, 6409 Private E Donahue, 10724 Private J Dunne, 10923 Private J C Dye

10577 Private E Ediss, 7104 Private H Edwards, 8511 Private A Etchells, 8120 Private A J Evans, 7538 Private T Everitt

10602 Private J Farrer, 5874 Private F Fielding, 10253 Private M J Ford, 5920 Private S Fox

8626 Private G Gallincre, 9145 Private F Gardner, 9178 Private J B Gibson, 8789 Lance-Corporal F E Goss, 5906 Private N Goulding, 8167 Private J Green, 8997 Private C A Green

10633 Private W Haines, 1964 Private J Haley, 7509 Private G Hall, 7831 Private R Hammond, 10120 Private J Hanson, 9506 Private W Hibbert, 8308 Private E Hines, 7193 Private J Holden, 8839 Private H Holland, 11032 Private R Horgan, 5926 Private J J Howard, 7803 Private J Howarth, 8721 Private S Hughes, 10118 Private A J Hughes, 7892 Corporal F Hyde

6737 Private J Jackson, 8102 Private T Johnson, 9597 Private J Johnson, 10972 Private A Johnson

10887 Private W Keenan, 8953 Private F T Kehr, 7981 Private J Kerr, 8887 Private G Kilburn, 8589 Private R Kirkwood

7479 Private W Labrow, 10762 Private R Lee, 5988 Private C Lennox, 5754 CQMS J F Linton, 7977 Private T Lucas

7579 Private J Mack, 6116 Private J Madden, 6111 Private J Makin, 8998 Private W Mansfield
9436 Corporal P Marks, 8742 Sergeant R Marquand, 6417 Private F Maun, 10503 Private J McCall, 10886 Private J McConnell, 8040 Private J McDermott, 8035 Private A McGregor, 7745 Private J McGuire, 8092 Private J McHugh, 7033 Private J McRae, 10858 Private T Mechan, 5059 Private E Merrell, 8331 Private E Miller, 10928 Lance-Corporal J Milner, 10964 Private G E Mingay, 6085 Private A Molyneux, 7025 Private T Morris, 7507 Private R Morton, 4711 CSM Joseph Murray, 8385 Private J Murray, 9223 Private J Murray

9397 Sergeant R Nicholls, 5782 Private J Nicholson, 10951 Private G Noble, 8431 Private B Norris, 8936 Private W Norris

8916 Corporal C E Oldcorn, 8922 Private F Ormrod, 1604 Private J H Ostle, 10623 Private V Owen

10815 Corporal J Pendlebury, 8810 Private F Pentney, 10804 Private A W Perrett, 7603 Private S Perry, 8679 Corporal C Peyton, 5096 Sergeant W Philpott, 9422 Private E H Pollard, 6153 Private W Poulton, 8631 Private T J Priest

8330 Private D Ramsey, 10977 Private E C Raysen, 10881 Private E P Read, 9262 Private W S Redda, 11028 Private C D Redsten, 7829 Private A Roberts, 10883 Lance-Corporal D Roberts, 2872 Private J Robinson, 9881 Private F Robinson, 7965 Sergeant P Rowlinson, 8621 Private J W Royston, 10801 Private H Rushton, 7696 Private W Russell, 7804 Private A Rutter

11062 Private J R Sandham, 8378 Private R Schofield, 6545 Private G Scoffin, 8144 Private E Seddon, 8372 Private W Shaw, 8717 Private E Sheldrick, 10255 Private W C Sherman, 9102 Private W Shields, 6163 Private H Sinker, 6558 Private E Smith, 7475 Private W Smith, 9708 Private D Smith, 9094 Private W Sutcliffe, 10125 Private J Sweeney

7971 Private A Taylor, 8380 Private J Taylor, 10045 Private S H Taylor, 10996 Lance-Corporal J Taylor, 6481 Private F S Thompson, 8075 Private J Thompson, 8463 Private R W Thompson, 6728 Private J Thornton, 10893 Private W Tomkinson, 6950 Private D Toolan, 8084 Private M Trainer, 10863 Private A E Turner

8079 Corporal J Waldron, 8303 Private W Walton, 6560 Private W Ward, 8823 Private H Ward, 10657 Private F Watson, 7504 Private W Welsh, 10988 Private F Wharton, 8767 Private J Whiting, 8664 Private J Whitlock, 5977 Private J W Wilkins, 7122 Private R Wilkinson, 8987 Private W Wilkinson, 7925 Private H T Wilks, 7899 Sergeant J H Williams, 6642 Corporal G A Wilson, 8370 Private J Wilson, 10898 Private R Winters, 7847 Private F Wolstenholme, 6896 Private F Wood, 9478 Sergeant A W Wood, 10970 Private L Wood, 7590 Private W Wotton, 9091 Private F Wright, 10876 Private W Wright, 10736 Lance-Corporal J Wyatt