Suffolk Regiment - Other Rank PoWs 1914

This is an edited roll of Other Ranks serving with the Suffolk 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 two sources at the Imperial War Museum:

1. B.O.2 1/280. This is a thirty-one page typed list dated 31st December 1918 sent by the Suffolk Prisoners of War Help Committee.
2. B.O.2 1/281. This is a is a nine-page hand-written list, undated, no sender given.  This list probably pre-dates B.O.2 1/280.  

My full transcription of this Suffolk Regiment data (not reproduced here) also contains the following information against some or all of the names:

Battalion
Date of capture
Next of kin
Next of kin's address
Notes
Transcriber's notes

There are over 600 names on this list, the equivalent of more than half a battalion at war strength. The vast majority of these men, if not all of them, were serving with the 2nd Battalion and again, the vast majority were taken prisoner on the 26th August 1914. Having arrived in France on the 14th August, the old 2nd Battalion effectively ceased to exist 12 days later.

In his summary of the fighting on the 26th, Ray Westlake (British Battalions in France & Belgium 1914), drawing on the 2nd Battalion war diary records, "Came under heavy fire from machine guns situated on the Le Cateau-Cambrai Road. Enemy attacked in force at 2.30pm from front and right flank...Battalion eventually overwhelmed when enemy broke in from the rear. Withdrawal ordered and remnants of the Battalion fell back via Bohain to St Quentin."  When the roll call was taken the following day, just two officers and 111 other ranks answered it. The battalion had sustained 720 casualties, most of these listed below. The 2nd Suffolks had, quite simply, been devastated.

My grateful thanks to Taff Gillingham for permission to use the photo of 8233 Private Wellington Middleton (listed below) which was taken at the miners' strike at Chirk Colliery in 1912. Private Middleton was  captured at Le Cateau and on his release picked up a superb German Artillery officer's sword which is now in the Suffolk Regiment Museum in Bury St Edmunds. Any errors in the following transcriptions are entirely my own.

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7885 Private C Abbott, 8414 Private J Abbott, 7018 Private W Abbott, 6697 Private E Adkins
7180 Private F Ager, 6703 Private J Aldous, 6420 Private A Algar, 7338 Private J Amos, 8531 Drummer W Anderson, 6311 Private E Andrews, 8442 Private W Arbon, 5781 Sergeant J Argent, 6510 Private G Arnold, 8401 Private R Arnold, 6278 Private H Atterton.

8080 Corporal F Backler, 6906 Private W Badcock, 8745 Private A Baker, 6970 Private A Baker, 7618 Private A J Baker, 8567 Lance-Corporal C Baker, 6948 Private C Baker, 6281 Private J Baker, 8639 Private V Baker, 8197 Corporal H Baldry, 8705 Private H Balls, 6133 Private G Bantock, 6532 Private G Banyard, 8801 Private B Barber, 6848 Private R Barber, 6806 Private J Bardwell, 5335 Private J Barker, 5766 Private W Barnes, 8633 Private T Barrett, 8742 Private S Bartle, 6631 Private W Barton, 7339 Private L Baxter, 6467 Private A Beach, 6945 Private H Beaumont, 6382 Private C Beavis, 8680 Private C Bedford, 6234 Private T Bedford, 8682 Private A W Bennett, 6444 Private W Bennett, 6284 Private H Benstead, 7108 Private A Berry, 6580 Private C Berry, 8730 Private B Best, 6271 Private F Billingham, 6488 Private N Bird, 6488 Private N Bird, 8026 Private F Black, 7890 Drummer F Blacker, 8673 Private H Blake, 7890 Drummer F Blaker, 4766 Sergeant H Blanks, 8821 Private C Boast, 6523 Private H Bowers, 8019 Lance-Sergeant B Bowles, 7120 Private H Bradford, 8661 Private L Bradman, 6161 Corporal A Brayfield, 6395 Private E Bridges, 6401 Private F Bridges, 7968 Private W Bridges, 8823 Private E Briggs, 6431 Private C Brinkley, 8352 Private L Broad, 8724 Private J Brooks, 7199 Private W Brooksbank, 6246 Private E Broom, 6458 Private B Brown, 6398 Private J Brown, 6402 Private J Brown, 6654 Private F Brunning, 8627 Private A Bullard, 6481 Private E Bullard, 8549 Corporal F Burch, 8524 Lance-Corporal G Burch, 7003 Private C Burman, 8848 Private W Burns, 7275 Private G Burrell, 6212 Private F Burton, 6884 Private J Buzzard.

4198 Sergeant T Candler, 8297 Private B Carder, 7053 Private H Carlton, 7233 Private A Carr, 7381 Corporal W Carroll, 4125 CSM C Carter, 7235 Lance-Corporal F Carter, 8839 Private J Carter, 7041 Corporal W Carter, 7208 Private W Carter, 7970 Corporal J Castle, 6616 Private C W Catling, 8527 Lance-Corporal R Cattermole, 6851 Sergeant G Cawley, 6714 Private W Chaplin, 6282 Private A Chapman, 6305 Private W Chapman, 8403 Private W Clark, 8826 Private C Clarke, 4764 Sergeant D Clarke, 7351 Private G Clarke, 6935 Private G Clarke, 5935 Private G Clarke, 8005 Private H Clarke, 6219 Private J Clarke, 6498 Private J Clarke, 6961 Private S Clarke, 8674 Private S Clarke, 6749 Private W Clarke, 7382 Private T Clarkson, 6704 Private S Clarry, 6209 Private A Claydon, 7196 Private F Clover, 8388 Drummer J Cobbold, 7184 Private E Cockerton, 6257 Private A Codd, 8145 Corporal R Cole, 7673 Private J Collins, 6191 Private P Collop, 8006 Private D Constable, 8735 Private F Cook, 7386 Lance-Corporal W Cook, 6975 Private A Cook, 6287 Private P Cook, 8207 Private S Cooke, 6430 Private O Copping, 6239 Private F C Cornell, 6810 Private B Cornish, 6185 Private A Cornwell, 6731 Private J Cornwell, 7161 Private C Cottage, 7287 Private H Cowdery, 8174 Private F Cox, 6878 Private G Cox, 6897 Private T Cox, 6691 Private H Crabb, 5732 Private J W Crabb, 4426 CSM W Crack, 8425 Corporal J Crane, 5159 Lance-Corporal J Creak, 7093 Private C Crissell, 3336 Private C Cronin, 7299 Lance-Corporal A Crooks, 6521 Private G Crouch, 6896 Private W Custance.

8663 Private C Dade, 6864 Private A Dakin, 6393 Private A Dalton, 7839 Drummer M Daly, 7048 Private R Damant, 6919 Private J Davis, 8699 Private B Dawes, 8083 Lance-Sergeant D Dawes, 8383 Private W Daynes, 7267 Private C Deal, 8753 Private F Debenham, 7702 Private E Dempster, 10210 Private J Desborough, 7305 Private E Diaper, 5587 Sergeant G Diprose, 8634 Private C Dodgeson, 6929 Private T Doo, 6592 Private A Dooel, 8684 Private G Downey, 5925 Private A Drake, 6722 Private F Drake, 3263 Private G Drake, 8702 Private D Drew, 6769 Private S Dunthorne, 8720 Private W Dye.

6179 Private W Eady, 8778 Private W Earl, 7106 Private E Edwards, 8195 Corporal H Elliston, 8292 Private H Elliston, 6322 Private A Elvin, 7038 Sergeant W Endersly, 8737 Private B Evans.

6557 Corporal F C Faiers [should read "6557 Private F C Faiers"], 8727 Private P Fairweather, 6889 Private H Farrington, 8722 Private W Farrow, 6608 Private W Farthing, 7015 Lance-Corporal S Fayers, 6522 Private T Flegg, 8646 Private S Ford, 8718 Lance-Corporal W Fordham, 6492 Private W Fordham, 8803 Private D Foreman, 8825 Private E Foreman, 6222 Private J Forsdyke, 7629 Sergeant R Foulger, 6156 Private T Fowkes, 6923 Private S Fox, 8714 Private J Francis, 6362 Private R Francis, 7091 Private W Francis, 8804 Private F C Franklin, 7130 Private C Free, 6699 Private E Freeman, 7349 Private J Freeman, 7842 Sergeant M French, 6525 Private J Frohock, 7330 Private B Froud, 7629 Sergeant R Fulgar.

7191 Private B Gammon, 8602 Private E Gammon, 6720 Private J Gammon, 8440 Corporal F W Garrard, 8541 Private C Garrod, 8230 Corporal E Gates, 8732 Private C Gaught, 6736 Sergeant A Gedge, 6196 Private A George, 7711 Private G Gibbons, 6177 Private J Gibbons, 8384 Corporal S Gibbs, 6435 Private W Gifford, 6518 Private B Gill, 6169 Private G Gipp, 8787 Private T Gipp, 7279 Private W F Girling, 8495 Private R Glover, 3706 Drummer W Goddard, 6917 Private J Godfrey, 6505 Private W Golden, 6139 Private R Good, 8613 Private H Goodchild, 4706 Lance-Corporal T B Gotobed, 6614 Private J Grainger, 8746 Lance-Sergeant J Gravestock, 7755 Sergeant A Green, 6630 Private J Green, 7020 Private J Gunn.

8308 Drummer B Hall, 8177 Private C Hall, 8550 Private S Halls, 6238 Private E Hammond, 8345 Corporal G Hammond, 7297 Private T S Hammond, 7725 Private E Hardiment, 6159 Lance-Corporal T Hart, 7221 Private F Harvey, 6863 Private W Hatch, 8337 Sergeant C Hatcher, 8--5 Private A Haward, 6372 Private F Haward, 6429 Private C Hawes, 8500 Private G H Hawes, 7027 Private P Hayhoe, 6941 Private F Haylock, 8346 Private J Haynes, 6302 Private J Hayward, 6819 Private W Hayward, 6795 Private A Hearn, 7095 Private W Heffer, 7156 Private G Hemmins, 6943 Private H Hicks, 6908 Sergeant J Hill, 6539 Private B Hilling, 7065 Private A Hills, 8788 Private W Hills, 7938 Private E Horn, 8355 Corporal A Horrix, 7034 Private J Horsley, 6705 Private E Hoskins, 8305 Private A Howard, 6390 Private C Howard, 7099 Lance-Corporal C Howard, 6372 Private F Howard, 7125 Private R Howard, 8238 Private W Howard, 6552 Private F Howe, 6426 Private J Howlett, 8664 Lance-Corporal A Hoxley, 6549 Sergeant J Hoxley, 6262 Private W Hunt, 7638 Private W Hunt, 7683 Drummer A Hurrell, 8706 Lance-Corporal W Hutchins.

16540 Private A F Ince, 8485 Private H Ince, 15441 Private J W Ingram, 8454 Lance-Corporal R Ingrey, 6706 Private T Ivatt.

6963 Lance-Corporal G Jackson, 7031 Lance-Corporal G Jacobs, 6357 Private E Jaggard, 7137 Private F Jaggard, 6685 Private C James, 6598 Private E James, 8854 Private J Jarman, 8164 Corporal C Jobson, 6770 Private E Johnson, 7213 Private H Judd, 6847 Private H Jugg.

7255 Private A Keeble, 6918 Lance-Corporal E Kerridge, 7891 Private A Kersey, 8652 Private W Ketteridge, 3734 Private D Kiddy, 7677 Private G King, 8692 Lance-Corporal J King, 6460 Private S Knighton, 7374 Private A Knights, 8683 Lance-Corporal A Knights, 7066 Private D Knights.

7070 Private J Lancaster, 6497 Private D Langley, 6296 Private L Langley, 8611 Private F Lanham, 7070 Private John Lankester, 8751 Lance-Corporal George Larham, 6623 Lance-Corporal A Last, 8157 Private J Last, 6533 Private R Last, 6320 Private H Lawes, 7806 Private A Lawrence, 8791 Private G Lawrence, 8777 Private P Lawrence, 6468 Private A Laws, 7691 Sergeant W Laws, 8025 Sergeant E Leach, 6597 Private J Leake, 6478 Private C Lee, 6542 Private S Leeks, 8435 Private E Leggett, 6425 Lance-Corporal A Leverett, 6912 Private A Leverett, 6564 Private C Lillie, 6263 Private G Lines, 6570 Private J Linge, 6676 Private W Lloyd, 7067 Private J Lock, 7393 Private B Long, 6175 Private F Long, 6826 Private H Long, 8577 Private F Lovegrove, 3751 Private R Lovett, 7398 Private A Lucas, 6987 Corporal W Lucas, 8325 Private A Lythell, 7009 Private J Lythell.

7025 Private G Mace, 6220 Private A Mallard, 8675 Private W Mann, 7578 Private A Manning, 6194 Private D Manning, 6887 Private H Manning, 8621 Private F Mansfield, 7043 Private R Marchant, 8802 Private P Markham, 7001 Private J Marks, 7234 Private C Marsh, 6660 Lance-Corporal R Marshall, 6330 Private W Marshall, 7385 Private A Martin, 6351 Private E Martin, 7134 Private F Mason, 6823 Private J Mason, 7162 Private F Matthews, 6502 Private W Matthews, 6579 Private G Maxim, 8009 Drummer G Mayes, 8001 Sergeant C J McCarthy, 7838 Corporal W J McKean, 6801 Private J Meekings, 8503 Private W Merry, 8106 Corporal R Middleditch, 8233 Private Wellington Middleton, 6888 Private C Mills, 8636 Private T Mills, 6364 Private W Mills, 6408 Private E Minns, 6152 Private W Mitson, 8756 Lance-Corporal A Moffatt, 8919 Private H Moore, 7178 Private J Morphey, 7380 Private O J Mortimer, 6463 Private W Moull, 6808 Private J H Mouser, 6997 Corporal J Mumford, 6595 Private W Munnings, 8655 Private E Munns, 6560 Private H Munns, 8697 Private G Musk, 8818 Private R Myatt, 8651 Private P Mynott.

7807 Lance-Sergeant G Negus, 6392 Private H Newman, 7306 Private W Newman, 7984 Sergeant P Nice, 7370 Private G Nicholls, 7054 Private G Nightall, 7186 Private W Nightall, 7697 Private C Noble, 6629 Private S Norman, 8709 Private B Norris.

6151 Private E Orman, 6651 Private F Osborne, 8608 Private S Osbourne, 6312 Private W Otto, 5324 Private G Overland, 4845 Private P Owen, 8558 Corporal A Oxer. 

8302 Corporal G M Page, 8510 Lance-Corporal L Page, 6276 Private F Paine, 7876 Drummer C Palfrey, 8248 Private W Pallant, 6399 Private A Palmby, 8894 Private G Palmer, 7908 Private J Palmer, 8283 Private W Palmer, 7113 Private R Papworth, 8769 Private J Parmenter, 8620 Private P Parr, 6359 Private A Partridge, 6779 Private T Partridge, 6163 Private R Patenall, 6582 Private P Patman, 6190 Private W Peachman, 3715 CSM W Peacock, 7354 Private R Pearce, 8505 Private C E Peck, 8662 Private W Peckham, 6258 Private A Pelgrave, 6954 Private W Perry, 8094 Private J F Petch, 6404 Private W Petchey, 6844 Private E Pettit, 6869 Private G Pettit, 8616 Private J Phillips, 7050 Lance-Corporal W Phillips, 6160 Private P Pierce, 6201 Private B Pilesworth, 7459 Private W Pitches, 6259 Private C Place, 4347 Private W Pleasance, 8463 Private H Pledger, 8713 Private W Plumb, 6454 Private G Pooley, 6846 Private T Porter, 8110 Private S Pottrell, 8754 Private W Powell, 8656 Private F Pryke, 7227 Private G Purt.

8478 Corporal C Quilter, 6841 Private M Quinton.

6308 Private G Racey, 7135 Private B Rampley, 7617 Private J Ramsay, 8581 Private G Ranson, 6125 Private J Ray, 6022 Sergeant P Raymond, 4450 CSM W Read, 6237 Private W Reast, 6968 Private A Reeve, 7913 Private F Reeve, 8351 Private W Rete, 7651 Private J Reynolds, 6500 Private B Richardson, 6916 Private F Ridgeon, 6250 Private G Risby, 6760 Private G Rishes, 7037 Private A Roberts, 8372 Private A Roberts, 8841 Private W Roberts, 6680 Private W Roberts, 18048 Private A G Robinson, 7347 Private J Robinson, 6433 Private R Rogers, 8739 Private C Roper, 6642 Private F Roper, 8800 Private A Rosher, 6303 Corporal G Rouse, 7179 Private F Rowell, 7217 Private S Rozier, 6708 Private R Ruddock, 7148 Private F Ruffles, 8717 Lance-Corporal E Rumbelow, 7800 Private H Rush, 6391 Private H C Rush, 6947 Private W Rust, 8897 Private C Rutterford.

8099 Private G Sadler, 8671 Lance-Corporal A Salisbury, 7622 Sergeant F Sanders, 7674 Sergeant A Sandford, 8215 Private W E Sanford, 7684 Private G Sargent, 7280 Private S Sargent, 7215 Private S Saunders, 6754 Private W Savage, 5017 Private W Sayers, 6293 Private W Scoggins, 8394 Corporal R Scrivener, 6866 Private W Scrivener, 7281 Lance-Corporal R Searle, 7684 Private G Sergeant, 8610 Private A Sewell, 6489 Private C Shelley, 8645 Private J Shephard, 8565 Private G Sheppard, 7051 Private F Shipp, 6471 Private A Simpson, 8261 Private C Sisman, 8560 Private F Sizer, 8770 Private A Smith, 8797 Private A Smith, 8798 Private A J Smith, 7700 Private B Smith, 6469 Private C Smith, 8840 Private E Smith, 6942 Private E W Smith, 8891 Private G Smith, 6625 Private G Smith, 8891 Private G Smith, 6776 Private J Smith, 8328 Private J A Smith, 6182 Private R Smith, 6985 Private R Smith, 7001 Private S W Smith, 6925 Private W Smith, 6718 Private H Smy, 7550 Private A Soer, 8256 Private H Souter, 4525 Private J Souter, 7047 Private C Southgate, 8667 Private O Southgate, 7483 Drummer C Spall, 7846 Sergeant C Spencer, 8253 Lance-Sergeant T Spencer, 7346 Private W Spinks, 6881 Sergeant G H Spriggs, 6333 Private H Spriggs, 7238 Private G Stafford, 6328 Private F Stannard, 7681 Private R Stannard, 8144 Corporal T Steadman, 6388 Private E Stebbeds, 6389 Lance-Corporal P Stebbeds, 8369 Corporal E Steed, 7362 Private C Stokes, 6140 Private E Stopher, 6350 Private W Stratton, 8545 Private H Sturgeon, 6622 Private R Sutton, 5322 Private J Sykes.

8719 Private F Taylor, 6717 Private G Taylor, 7271 Private S Taylor, 8695 Private W Taylor, 7491 Lance-Corporal T Tebbs, 6380 Private F Thompson, 6356 Private W Thorby, 6906 Private G Tillett, 6633 Private A Todd, 8557 Corporal J Todd, 8815 Private A Trim, 8658 Private T Tuck, 8736 Private E Turner, 8681 Private J Turner, 7253 Private B Tweed.

6491 Private W Unwin.

7668 Private G Vernham, 7399 Private W Vincent.

8784 Private W Walden, 6882 Private E Waldock, 8657 Private A Walker, 8708 Private D Walker, 4855 Private J Walton, 8779 Private C Ward, 6494 Private W Ward, 6809 Private G Warner, 6324 Private A Warren, 6369 Private H Warren, 7144 Private A Watson, 6254 Private G Watson, 6607 Private M Watson, 6817 Private A Watts, 7886 Private R Watts, 6856 Private B Webb, 6931 Private G Webb, 8084 Private J Webb, 8653 Private J Webb, 7122 Private W Webb, 4961 Sergeant C Webb, 7205 Private I Webber, 8864 Private H Welham, 7635 Private L Welham, 6555 Private J Wells, 7261 Private W Wellum, 8551 Private J West, 7712 Private S Whight, 6768 Private W Whight, 6158 Private F Whiting, 7967 Drummer J Whymark, 7882 Private H Wiggins, 6690 Private J Wilcox, 7132 Private W Wilden, 7247 Lance-Corporal F Wilderspin, 6443 Private C Wilding, 6472 Private H Wilding, 5001 Private C Willbe, 8812 Private J Willis, 6204 Private H Wilson, 8808 Private A Winch, 7127 Private J Woodhouse, 6540 Private W Woodroffe, 5761 Sergeant W Woodrow, 6406 Lance-Corporal A Woods, 7133 Lance-Corporal E Woods, 8504 Private W Woods, 6434 Private H Wordley, 8643 Private S Wordley, 7995 Private F Wright, 8170 Private F Wright, 8438 Private R Wright.

7011 Private F Yull.

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