Middlesex Regiment - PoW Other Ranks 1914

The men listed below were all serving with The Middlesex Regiment, when they became prisoners of war of the Germans on or before Christmas Day 1914. There are 397 names in this list - the equivalent of nearly four companies, or half a battalion under the old eight-company system. Remember that these were trained men, regular soldiers who the British Army could ill-afford to lose. You can read more about this Prisoner of War data source on my 1914 PoWs page.

This data has been transcribed from the following sources held at the Imperial War Museum:

B.O.2 1/224: a 12-page typed and undated document. No clues as to sender or recipient.
B.O.2 1/226: a 6-page hand-written document on official Army Form B.104-115, used to report PoWs.  This form introduced as a result of Army Council Instruction 277 of February 1916.

Some of the men appear on both of these lists and those that do usually have slight variations in their regimental numbers (224 tends to omit the L/ prefix whilst 226 is more fastidious). Most of the men here would have been regular soldiers rather than special reserve but I have not attempted to correct these hundred-year old lists.

My full transcription of this Middlesex Regiment Prisoners of War roll call of other ranks (not reproduced here) also contains some or all of the following: battalion, home address, next of kin address, date of capture, additional notes and remarks. 

The full transcription is available for sale as a download or CD for £10. Contact me if you would like to purchase a copy.

10811 Private Ainsworth's trio, sold on eBay for £325 in November 2019

14604 Private H Abbott, 8135 Private J Adcock, 6616 Private O R Addison, L/9064 Private Alfred Aglington, 10811 Private P W Ainsworth, 14479 Private R Aldridge, 14182 Private J W Alexander, 14184 Private H Allgrove, 4640 Private A Alvin, 9351 Private A C Amis, 13801 Lance-Corporal W Amor, L/8473 Private Walter R Amor, L/11930 Private Archibald Annison, 9674 Private A Argent, 12654 Private E A Arnold, L/10325 Private William Arthurs, 10788 Private A Ashley, 10136 Lance-Corporal W F Austin

11492 Corporal A Baker, 14534 Private A J Baker, 14614 Bandsman J H Barnes, 11454 Private A Bateman, 6676 Private A Baxley, 7549 Sergeant Robert J Bayley, 10587 Private C Beal, 6571 Private A Bennett, 10946 Lance-Corporal A S Bennett, L/9248 Private Edward Bennett, 9666 Private T H Bennett, 9889 Private G Benton, 14201 Private J H Berning, L/10539 Lance-Corporal T W Berry, 12462 Private J H Bevan, 10502 Lance-Corporal C H Bish, 10470 Private H Bloomberg, 9216 Private John T Bond, 9256 Private Thomas H Bond, 6495 Private H Boorer, 13996 Private W J Bosworth, 9840 Private R Bourlett, 11717 Lance-Corporal H C Bourne, L/9829 Private G Boyce, 9939 Lance-Corporal W A Braine, 9789 Private W Braxear, L/8843 Private George L Brazier, 14518 Private T H Breach, 14574 Private H L Brine, 9778 Private J Britton, 14419 Private H Broadbridge, 12666 Private C Brockington, 6208 Private F A Brooker, 10063 Private F Broom, 8108 Private A Brown, 9334 Private A E Brown, L/11059 Bandsman Herbert Bryant, 8170 Private W R Bryant, 9210 Private H Buckles, 12703 Corporal S D Bullen,
14397 Private W T Burgin, L/11707 Private Stephen J Burkinshaw, L/8315 Private W Byers, 9175 Bandsman F Byford

14097 Lance-Corporal C S Carey, 13201 Corporal J Carter,10418 Corporal W N Carter,13125 Corporal S C Carvell,9743 Private J Cassie,13113 Corporal J B Caughlin,13406 Private J Challis,13427 Private W Champ,10221 Lance-Corporal A G Chapman,14692 Private J A Checkley,11621 Private E A Chenery,14340 Private F A Clark,
7746 Private G Clark, 14165 Private H G Clark,14601 Private E P Clinton, 6914 Private T S Colisson, L/9416 Private G F Collett, L/8601 Private W Collins, 9344 Private H Collyer,
11920 Private C Connelly, L/7366 Private W Connor, 11280 Private H Constable, 8474 Private A Cook, L/10637 Private R Corker, 14554 Private J Cornwall, 13039 Corporal W Couper, 9835 Private W Coussins, 9922 Private C R Cox, 14504 Private J Craven, 8663 Private A Crawdy, 10340 Private R C Creedon, 9696 Private E J Crowe, L/6793 Private G H Crown, 10698 Private C W Curling, 7748 Private H R Curling  

L/11319 Private G Daley, 10445 Private H W Dande, 9569 Private E H Daniels, 11422 Private W A Darling, 13753 Private P Darville, 6910 Private A E Davis, 14593 Lance-Corporal H H Dawson, 9138 Corporal L L Day, 13324 Private J E Daynes, 14629 Private W E Deal, 10586 Private G Dean, 10318 Private J A Dean, 14352 Private E Denmark, 13537 Private F W Denty, 13275 Lance-Corporal J F Dicks, L/9761 Private Albert E Dickson
11199 Private F Diver, 8990 Private H E Dixon, 8144 Private E Dodd, 11142 Private J P Dorgan, L/11142 Private James P Dorgan, 6002 CSM G Downes

10157 Private A E Eade, 8896 Private N Eckstein, 13825 Lance-Corporal J Eldrett, 7415 Private J Eley, 7483 Private W Ellis, 7351 Private J Emery, 8714 Private J M Exley

14345 Private W A Fairhurst, 11572 Private H T Field, L/11572 Private H T Field, 14499 Private E M Fleming, 8862 Private W J Fleming, 8535 Private H Floyd, 10834 Private W A Ford, L/10834 Private W G Ford, 13434 Private E Foster, 8494 Private E Fowler, 14750 Private G Fowler, 9016 Private H Francis, 13959 Private J Frew, 14611 Private W Frost, 
13013 Private B J Furman

12816 Private E Gante, L/12129 Private John T Garland, 13766 Private F C Garrett, 9904 Corporal G Garrett, L/9999 Private William Geyer, L/10431 Private H J Gibbs, 9771 Private H Gilbert, 14524 Private V Gilbert, L/5989 Private T Girdlestone, 7994 Private A Glinwood, 
8266 Private H Gold, 14625 Private S P Golding, 11184 Private A Gookey, L/8296 Private H Gould, L/11287 Private H Gould, 14234 Private H A Grace, 9650 Private G W Graham, 9094 Private S Grant, 14130 CSM H J Gray, 14357 Private C Green, 14065 Private E L Green, 9135 Corporal F E Green, 8944 Private W Green, 9788 Private W Green, L/10732 Private William Grimmer, L/7433 Private Walter Groening, 14056 Private W S Gurney, 9533 Private A Gurr

8233 Private J Hammerton, L/12500 Private A Harding, L/9995 Private J Hardwick, 10259 Private A A Harlow, 9845 Private B N Harris, 9450 Private C W Head, 11451 Private H Hepworth, L/11451 Private H Hepworth, 12500 Private A Herring, 14034 Private W H Herzog, 9038 Private W C Hewlett, 10713 Private A Hill, 14535 Private W H Hillier, 14450 Private F C Hills, 9613 Private A H Hinton, 14181 Private W J Holland, 10939 Sergeant J Horner, 14760 Private A H Hort, 9824 Private G E Howe, 8270 Private A Hudson, 6868 Private W T Hunter, 6086 Private W Huntingford

9735 Private A Impey

11227 Private A Jackson, 9255 Private W Jarvis, 14078 Private A Jenn, 14686 Private W I Johnson, 12322 Private G T Jolly, 14623 Private E Jones, L/14721 Private W A D Jones, 14721 Private W R Jones

11172 Sergeant G H Kelly, 10503 Lance-Corporal E G Kemp, 14723 Private F Kemp, 13397 Private T J Kemp, L/10549 Private C W Ketley, 8760 Private A King, L/6285 Private F King, 6385 Private J King, 11256 Private C Kirby, 5949 Private C Kirby, 6913 Private J H Kitchen, L/6913 Private J H Kitchen, 13422 Private S J Knight

11000 Private A Latham, L/11333 Private Henry J Lattimore, 6318 Private E G Lawrence, 6635 Lance-Sergeant P Lawson, 10030 Private T Laxton, L/13682 Private W H Layton, 14447 Private E J Lentz, 6694 Private J H Leslie, L/11057 Private H Lodgman, L/14711 Private A J Ludlow

6493 Private F Maddocks, 10158 Private M Malone, 8257 Private H F Manning, 8488 Private F E Mardling, 11375 Private C Marley, 5631 Private A Marshall, 14557 Private A J Matthews, 8650 Private F G Maxted, 10929 Lance-Corporal E May, 14446 Private F C May,
10742 Private W McNeff, 11498 Private A P B Meakin, 9129 Private J G H Meredew, 9396 Private G W Merriott, 10878 Corporal H Miller, 7599 Private J J Miller, 8546 Private W L Moffat, 10940 Private A W Money, 6862 Private C Moore, L/10845 Private F Moore, L/11890 Private R B Moore, 14477 Private W Moore, 14087 Bandsman J Morgan, 12793 Lance-Corporal T J Morgan, 14714 Private W Morgan, L/14714 Private W Morgan, 8553 Private H Mott, 13718 Private W Mulroy, L/13718 Private W Mulroy, 8057 Private W F Mulvihill, L/11687 Bandsman J Murphy

12310 Private T J Naylor, 11757 Private E J Norman, 13675 Private G North

8523 Private J Oakley, 10246 Private T E Oakley, L/12858 Drummer J O'Neill, 14571 Private S C Otley

8044 Private A Page, L/14409 Private A C Palmer, 14409 Private A E Palmer, 12553 Private E C Palmer, 13970 Private F H Palmer, 10316 Acting Corporal W Panton, L/10316 Lance-Corporal W Parton, 9319 Private A Payne, 10723 Private J H S Payne, L/9940 Private William H Payton, 14144 Private J Pelley, 5777 Lance-Corporal E C Pember, 11833 Lance-Corporal E C Penney, L/14381 Private John J Percival, 7845 Private J Perry, 13660 Private J O Pettitt, 8999 Lance-Corporal C A Pierce, 10128 Private J Pimm, 10287 Private T Piper, 10798 Corporal A Playford, 14343 Private G Poulter, 10512 Private F Powell, 13797 Lance-Corporal J H Pradby, 12823 Corporal W H Pratt, 14724 Private W H Prestridge

8676 Private J Ramsey, 13798 Private A W G Ratty, 14292 Private W G Rawlings, L/11570 Private W Ray, 7456 Private H J Raybold, 9539 Private L Razzell, L/14765 Private T R Reader, 8855 Private W Redburn, 14312 Private D G Regan, L/14312 Private Dennis G Regan, 13184 Private F Remnant, 9813 Private E A Rogers, 12630 Private V F Rogers, L/11013 Private A J Rooney, 11485 Private E Rudd, 9486 Private T H Rudd, 7970 Private R Rumbelow, L/1970 Private R Rumbelow, 9675 Private J E Rumble, 9382 Sergeant A H Russell, 10109 Private H G Russell, 12332 Private D G Ryan, 11679 Private J P Ryan, 
14178 Private G B Ryder

13034 Lance-Corporal J L Sabbage, L/8322 Private E F Saunders, 13759 Private H J Scholes, L/6224 Private H Schroder, 14029 Lance-Corporal A G Scoppie, L/17742 Private P F Sculley, L/10049 Private George Sculpher, 9912 Private W G Self, 9080 Corporal H Sheridan, 14553 Private C A Shipp, L/11433 Private W H Shropshire, 13757 Private F E Sidwell, 12708 Corporal T C Silverthorne, 12581 Private F Simmonds, 12807 Corporal J F Simmonds, L/10622 Private Ernest F Smith, 11067 Private G H Smith, L/11927 Lance-Corporal George Henry Smith, L/13070 Lance-Corporal H H Smith, 8095 Private R Smith, L/9680 Private S F Smith, 10082 Private E Speller, 6551 Private J A Spencer, L/8948 Private S Spink, 14058 Lance-Corporal W Stagg, 11176 Private T N Stammers, 14549 Private J T Stanford, 10989 Corporal J S Stanger, 7673 Corporal A E Steer, 10408 Private H Stevens,  Private E W Stevenson, 8124 Private J Steward, 6583 Private C Stocker, 14584 Private H G Strange, 11155 Lance-Corporal A E Strapley, 9119 Private J Sykes

9753 Private W J Tavener, 8246 Private C Taylor, 8558 Private F Taylor, 10817 Corporal G Taylor, 14177 Private G H Taylor, 13978 Private J Thomas, Private T W Thomas, 9935 Sergeant W C Thompson, 11036 Private W Towler, 8032 Private D Trail, 9704 Private S Treverton, 10155 Private D Tyler, 14076 Private W J H Tyler

9864 Drummer H Underhill, 8211 Private A Underwood

10495 Private R Vaughan, 11238 Private J Veal

10602 Private E Wakeford, 8720 Private A Wakeling, 13061 Lance-Corporal F Wakeling,
11694 Private A Wallace, 10721 Lance-Corporal B O Wallace, 9045 Private F J Wallace,
L/8306 Private H Wallace, L/14344 Private A J Warner, 6010 Private W Warr, 8983 Private J H Warwick, 9401 Private A E Webber, 11991 Lance-Corporal S W Weight, 10715 Lance-Corporal E A Welch, L/8851 Private C E Welsh, 9561 Private F G West, 14484 Private J West, 13906 Private S A Westall, 8593 Private W R Westlake, 8822 Private C A Wheatley, 8156 Private H E Wheatley, 14655 Private C Wheeler, 10822 Private F W Whiffen, 10419 Private C H Whitbread, 8562 Private A White, L/9934 Private Harry White,
7649 Sergeant R C Whiting, L/14233 Private Frederick W W Whittington, 6056 Sergeant H Wilmer, 8895 Lance-Corporal F Wilson, 12873 Lance-Sergeant J Wilson, 11014 Private W Winn, 7391 Private W Winterbourne, 11509 Lance-Corporal F S Wise, 10667 Private E C Wood, 14687 Private A E Woods

L/9592 Private A Yardley, L/6908 Private W Young

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