This is a list of Wiltshire Regiment Other ranks who were taken prisoner of war on or before the 25th December 1914. My transcription is taken from a single Imperial War Museum source:
- B.O.2 1/313 which is a handwritten letter and accompanying 20-page hand-written list of Wiltshire Regiment men submitted by No 1 Infantry Record Office, Exeter; letter dated 1st May 1919.
- battalion
- date of capture
- home address
- next of kin name
- next of kin address
There are nearly 700 names in this database and any transcription errors are my own. I will be pleased to supply additional information about these men as applicable and will be delighted to publish photos of any of the men mentioned below.
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3/9107 Lance-Corporal P Abel
3/8345 Private F Adams
3/9503 Lance-Corporal H F Adams
3/5484 Private J Adams
7224 Private Arthur E Alder
3/9556 Private T Allaway
6260 Private T Allchurch
8257 Lance-Corporal W C Ambrose
3/9627 Private P Amor
3/9017 Private W Anger
5091 Private F Arford
8121 Private F J Arnold
7579 Private A E Ashton
6974 Private A R Ashton
8338 Private T W Ayliffe
5417 Private L J Bailey
3/8886 Private W Bailey
8133 Private W F Bailey
7650 Private E A Bainton
7438 Private W A Bainton
5242 Private F Baker
8756 Private H Baker
8258 Private T Baker
8871 Private W R Baker
5379 Private E Ball
8350 Private S Ball
8706 Private F Barber
8140 Private J J Barnes
8531 Corporal C H Barnett
6513 Private A Bartholomew
4856 Private J Bartlett
8098 Private A G Basson
8506 Private Frederick G Batchelor
7439 Sergeant E J Bathe
7905 Private S C Bathe
5849 Private J Baughan
7726 Sergeant W G Baverstock
8039 Private S Baxter
6777 Acting Corporal R W Beacham
8086 Lance-Corporal S Beak
8323 Private E A Beaumont
8323 Private E A Beaumont
8557 Corporal F Beck
4727 Private H Beck
7536 Private G Bell
8162 Private H R Besford
8162 Private H R Besford
3/8723 Lance-Corporal H Bewley
8370 Private Walter S Birch
8052 Private A T Bishop
8200 Private E M Bishop
5945 Private F J Blackford
5738 Corporal W Blagden
7892 Private A Blake
3/9537 Private H Blanchard
8609 Private R Blunsdon
8265 Private B Bolter
8456 Private T Bolwell
4229 Sergeant Richard G J Borer
3/9201 Private W J Boscombe
8269 Corporal R Bottriell
7198 Private J Boulter
9106 Private W E Boulter
7716 Private William S Bower
5817 Lance-Corporal J Bowman
8691 Private H J Box
8691 Private H J Box
8471 Private F Bradshaw
6785 Sergeant Joe Brain
8676 Private John Bridewell
7050 Lance-Corporal T Bromham
6743 Private T Brooker
8979 Private A Brooks
8239 Private C A A Brooks
8448 Private W E Brooks
3/8814 Lance-Corporal C Brown
8410 Corporal Frederick J K Brown
6846 Private T Brown
7035 Sergeant William Buckland
7971 Private A E Budd
8667 Private A J Bull
5826 Sergeant W G Bull
7542 Private G Bunce
5391 Lance-Corporal R F Bunce
8592 Private F Bungay
8430 Private C E Bunsell
8684 Private Frederick Burden
6438 Private W Burgess
8586 Private Arthur J Burt
8775 Private J Burt
5433 Private W Burt
8563 Corporal B Busbridge
5448 Private T Butcher
8464 Drummer F F Bye
8348 Private E P Cade
3821 CSM William H Cady
6766 Private G Cannings
7523 Private T Cannings
8689 Private Ernest E Carter
4049 W H Carter
8015 Private W R Castle
6763 Private J Chandler
5614 Sergeant L Chasley
5697 Sergeant Clifford Chilcott
8152 Private E Chivers
3/9657 Private W F Chivers
8810 Lance-Corporal Francis Clargo
7915 Lance-Corporal Charles H M Clark
3/8776 Private James Clark
8662 Private R G Clark
8645 Private J Clarke
8271 Private R Clarke
9235 Private E J Clayson
7513 Private Alfred Clements
8982 Private A Clifford
8638 Lance-Sergeant L D Colbourne
3/6622 Private H Cole
7736 Private W J Cole
8863 Private W Coleing
8340 Private P Coleman
8732 Private Reuben Coleman
8625 Private C T Coles
8066 Private G Coles
9519 Alfred Job Collett
3/9519 Private G E Collett
8677 Lance-Corporal F Collins
8641 Corporal Frederick Collis
7931 Private G Compton
8787 Private A Cook
8336 Private A E Cook
8478 Private Arthur N Cook
7906 Pte E A Cook
8553 Private Ernest J Cook
3/9598 Private F W Cook
3/9598 Private F W Cook
4844 Private H Cook
8770 Drummer S E Cook
8630 Private S J Cook
8093 Private W G Cook
8194 Private W H Cook
8904 Private P Coombes
8168 L/Sgt A J Coombs
7539 Private G Coombs
9929 Private G Coombs
3/9884 Private A Cornish
3/9788 Private Hubert Coudrace
8717 Private A Couldrake
7968 Corporal Charles Cove
3/538 Lance-Corporal H Cowdry
8228 Private Ernest Cowles
8606 Private A Cox
6452 Private Eli Cox
8181 Private George H Cox
8664 Private W C Cox
3749 Private P W Crewe
3/8682 Private F Crockett
6894 Sergeant J Crockett
5140 Private H Croft
8112 Private A E Crosby
8435 Private H Crowther
8001 Private W J Crowther
8618 Private R J Cuff
8172 Corporal A J Curtis
3/8819 Private Charles Thomas Curtis
8315 Private Fred Curtis
3/9579 Private C Cutts
8736 Private A Dash
8941 Private C E Dash
7993 Private James E Davies
6040 Private A G Davis
7031 Private Edwin J Davis
6885 Private Herbert J Davis
4283 Sergeant T M Davis
6157 Private Thomas H Davis
8668 Lance-Corporal George Dawes
8173 Private William F Diffell
7658 Private Thomas Dix
3/9152 Private R P B Dixon
5017 Private A Dobson
8485 Private Edwin W Dodson
6328 Private John H Dolman
3/9683 Private Edmond George Doughty
8432 Private Ernest Dowdell
8454 Private George S Draper
3/9289 Private Thomas Drew
8176 Private W J Drew
7470 Private Edward Drewett
8985 Private Frederick Drewett
8436 Lance-Corporal H Drewett
7226 Private J Driscoll
7991 Private H Duck
6732 Private George Duffin
9558 Private Sydney Durrant
5113 Private G Eatwell
6193 Private J Edmonds
6041 Private W Edmonds
3/9393 Private A Edwards
8226 Lance-Sergeant A A Edwards
8628 Private R S Ellis
3/9683 Private T F Ellis
8377 Private W J Ellis
8202 Private E Ellison
8577 Private S Elms
3/9255 Lance-Corporal G W Evans
8195 Private E G Everley
8362 Lance-Corporal J Farley
7532 Lance-Corporal J Farnham
6381 Lance-Corporal Frederick G Fidgett
8191 Private H F Field
7380 Private S Fielding
8910 Private H Fisher
8978 Private T Fisher
7308 Private P Fishlock
8539 Private A L Fitchett
8565 Private A Flippance
7072 Lance-Corporal George Flippance
3/4222 Private J Forrest
8175 Private F Fortune
5330 Private J Fortune
7275 Private Thomas Fowler
6422 Private Alfred E Fowles
3/8784 Private C Fox
6398 Private H Francis
8678 Private G Franklin
8225 Private T H Frost
4752 Private A Fulford
8608 Private E Fuller
3/8639 Private Samuel Nelson John Gale
8388 Private P J Gallichan
7839 Private H G Gallop
8400 Private F R Gander
3/9269 Private W E Gane
8657 Private C C Gee
7103 Lance-Corporal E F George
8802 Private Arthur R Gibbs
6828 Private W Giddings
6160 Sergeant A F Gillett
8183 Private F Gills
5301 Lance-Corporal E W Gleed
6023 Private T Goddard
8667 Private W Godwin
4793 Sergeant A Gough
10104 Private H J Grainger
7949 Private F Grant
8779 Lance-Corporal D H W Green
5167 Acting Corporal H Green
8760 Private P Green
3/9691 Private A L Griffen
8822 Lance-Corporal A A Grubb
8697 Private R Gunning
8380 Private C E Haggard
8079 Private A E Haines
8598 Private T Haines
8023 Lance-Sergeant C J Hale
5295 CSM C E Hall
5445 Private W F Hall
8062 Private W H Hall
7100 Drummer J D Hardiman
8706 Private A Harding
8482 Private George E Harris
7476 Private W T Harris
7781 Private Robert J Hart
8624 Private J T Harvey
8298 Private W Harvey
8409 Private Frederick Hatherall
7060 Private A Hathrell
8703 Private W Hawkins
8833 Private C Hayward
8070 Private W T Hayward
8614 Private B Hedges
8151 Corporal W H Hedgett
7853 Private T Hemmins
8376 Private R P Herbert
8099 Private J Hibbard
3/9815 Private James E Hicks
8107 Private A C Higgins
8412 Private E T Higgins
8883 Private J H Higgins
8591 Private R F Hillier
7392 Private S D Hillier
6918 Private T H Hinder
6514 Private H Hobden
8861 Private H E Holder
8590 Private A S Holmes
8329 Lance-Corporal G Hooper
8731 Lance-Corporal F G Hopkins
5171 Private H Horden
6345 Private W J House
5418 Private A Howlett
5168 Private G Hudd
8976 Private J Hughes
6682 Private James Hughes
8502 Private C J Hulbert
3/9650 Lance-Corporal H D Hull
9729 Private P Hunt
5264 Private G Huntley
8074 Private H M Huntley
3/9883 Private J W Huntley
5089 Private H Hurle
8720 Private C J Hutt
3/9368 Private E L Iles
7674 Private Herbert C Iles
8433 Private W J Iles
7533 Private A Ilott
8289 Private F Ingram
5145 Private T Ings
7954 Private A Jackson
7954 Private A H Jackson
5610 Private T Jacques
6934 Sergeant Albert E Jefferies
3/8829 Private D J Jefferies
3/8813 Private A J Johnson
8828 Private W J Johnson
3/9494 Private A J Jones
7559 Private E H Jones
8026 Private F C Judd
5452 Private G Jukes
7569 Private F Kent
8984 Private R F Kent
7459 Private S Kent
8095 Private A Kimber
7789 Private E A Kinchington
3/9666 Private L King
7680 Private F King
8353 Private J King
8272 Private P King
5186 Private A J Kingsey
8696 Private L Kirby
5770 Private H W Kitcher
3/9386 Private W H Kittlety
8914 Lance-Corporal J Knapp
7499 Lance-Corporal W C Knight
6474 Private George Knill
7872 Private F G Kyte
7426 Private J Kyte
8951 Private R Lafford
5762 Corporal P Laing
5762 Corporal P J Laing
8252 Private S Lait
8277 Private George Lane
8795 Private R J Large
6164 Private B Law
8526 Private E W Lawrence
8349 Private A E Lay
8008 Private Lewis J Lay
3/9188 Private E Ledbury
8991 Private P H Legg
7192 Lance-Corporal W Lester
8250 Corporal C Lewis
8250 Lance-Corporal C Lewis
8516 Private R Lewis
8516 Private R F Lewis
7637 Private A Liddiard
6778 Lance-Corporal J Lindsey
8305 Private J Linsell
8288 L/Cpl F Little
8605 Private L Lock
3/62 Private Thomas H Looker
5342 Private J Looney
8147 Private T Love
8142 Private W G Lovegrove
8868 Private A W Luker
8678 Private F Luker
8440 Lance-Corporal A Lussenden
6366 Private Robert Lyne
8820 Private A J Mabbett
7185 Private A E Mace
7601 Private W G Mace
5551 Private H Maggs
3/9902 Private W Maisey
3/9607 Private Charles Malin
8371 Private A A Marshall
7118 Corporal W Marshall
8125 Private C Maskelyne
7596 Private E Matthews
8233 Sergeant P Matthews
8658 Private D A May
7160 Private T H May
5962 Sergeant C J McLeod
7883 Acting Corporal W McLoughlin
8687 Private C Mead
8339 Private J W Mead
6239 Private W H Mead
8151 Private W H Medgett
8867 Private W J Merchant
6225 Private J Merritt
5375 Private W W Merritt
6113 Private W Middleton
8143 Private W Midwinter
8544 Private F Miles
8513 Private J H Miles
8301 Private W Miles
6855 Private B A Mills
6303 Lance-Sergeant G Mills
7361 Private E Minton
8344 Private C Mitchell
8801 Private C Mizen
8698 Private T R Mobey
7268 Private F C Moody
9137 Private C F Moore
6907 Private H G Moore
8603 Private W G Morgan
5377 Private A Morris
8424 Private A A Morris
6390 Private W Morse
6518 Private J Moulden
8236 Private W J Mullis
8803 Private C Munday
8923 Private S F Munday
7595 Private F T Mundy
8075 Private J Musgrove
7944 Private L Mutton
3/9320 Lance-Corporal A Nash
5443 Private J C Nash
8088 Private T Nash
7882 Private D Newman
6215 Private H G Niblett
7987 Private J E Nicholls
6477 Private C Noakes
6961 Private W G Noakes
9112 Private H J Nobes
6851 Private F Norris
8690 Private G Norris
3/8780 Private J H Norris
7421 Lance-Corporal H Noyes
5792 CSM W S Nurdin
8284 Private G Oram
6102 Private E Organ
7332 Private W Osgood
7615 Private John P Ovens
6167 Private T E Owens
8906 Private A J Page
7950 Private H S Page
7114 Private C Painter
7833 Private E Painter
8316 Private E G Painter
5368 Private F Painter
5821 Company Quartermaster Sergeant G Parker
8866 Private F C Parratt
8672 Private E Parsons
8666 Private Charles F Pauling
8139 Private T R Payton
8948 Private H Pearce
9145 Private Lewis J Pearce
8806 Private A Peck
8648 Private Ernest Pendle
7733 Private J Penn
5162 Private S Penney
6869 Corporal C Pennock
6145 Corporal T Penny
5103 Private H Perrett
8660 Lance-Corporal H Perrett
8572 Corporal J Perry
8722 Private Vincent Perry
6982 Private G Peters
8631 Private Charles J Phillips
8475 Private F A Pick
7837 Private H W Pickett
8509 Private W G Pickett
9136 Private Walter C Pickett
7526 Private C Pike
8602 Private E A Pike
7893 Private Frank Pike
8476 Lance-Corporal R F Pike
8584 Private W G Pike
4384 Private G H Pinchin
8090 Private Harry Pinchin
7480 Private William Pinchin
9150 Private W C Pink
8593 Private Percy Pinnegar
8189 Private Edward Pinney
5880 Private Percy E Piper
9181 Private Charles Thomas Pippiatt
8697 Lance-Corporal C Plank
8785 Private C J Plank
8314 Lance-Corporal C Pollard
5476 Private E S Pope
8679 Private Alexander Porter
8965 Private W F Potter
8571 Private W Poulton
9050 Lance-Corporal E G Pounds
6440 Private A Pratt
8307 Private Thomas M Proctor
8041 Private Ernest J Purdue
8462 Private F C Quelch
8493 Private F Randall
6928 Private W G Ransom
8122 Private Albert Rattue
7977 Private Herbert W Rattue
8322 Private William G Rattue
7323 Private William J Ray
8423 Private George E Razey
7139 Private Albert H Read
6849 Sergeant S Reason
8444 Bandsman G A Record
7791 Private M W Reeves
8379 Private H L Richards
7503 Private Percy W Richards
8725 Private E J Richens
7144 Private Edward Richens
8082 Private E Ricketts
5027 Private Alfred Robbins
5981 Private J Roberts
7581 Private Henry I F Robins
7478 Private H Rochester
7995 Private H C Rodout
8283 Private S Rogers
8612 Private Nelson Romain
6343 Corporal C Rouse
8170 Private Fred Rudman
7784 Private Frederick J Rumming
8865 Lance-Corporal T Rumming
3/9699 Private G E Russ
6516 Sergeant A G Russell
8270 Lance-Sergeant Frederick Rust
8356 Private Ernest Frederick Sanger
8472 Lance-Corporal R D Satchell
7694 Private C Saunders
5777 Private W Saunders
6106 Private Thomas W Sayle
3/9643 Private H Scott
9416 Private J W Scott
7681 Private C E Scrine
7820 Lance-Corporal Ernest F Seager
8425 Private A J Sealey
8734 Private C E Sears
8597 Private C H Sears
8734 Private Charles E Sears
7709 Private N R Sears
8237 Lance-Sergeant A Selwood
8042 Private H C Selwood
8777 Lance-Corporal T C Shears
8106 Lance-Corporal J Sheppard
7456 Private C Shering
8182 Private A Shore
8814 Private Arthur Shutler
3/9667 Private S W Silvester
6523 Lance-Corporal M W Simmonds
8909 Private Arthur Simpkins [recorded as Albert H Simpkins]
8057 Private R Simpkins
8405 Private W Simpkins
7766 Private G A Sinclair
7034 Private John Singer
7043 Private A G Sloper
6787 Private Frank Sly
7900 Private H Smart
8661 Drummer J Smart
8129 Private Thomas C Smart
3/9054 Private Walter Smart
7297 Private C Smith
8652 Private C C Smith
8642 Private C S Smith
9435 Private F Smith
6783 Private Frederick Smith
6232 Private George F Smith
8018 Private H Smith
8942 Private H W Smith
7300 Sergeant J Smith
8874 Private J J Smith
7289 Private R F Smith
7515 Private T F Smith
9524 Private T G Smith
7515 Private Thomas F Smith
3/9662 Private W Smith
8551 Private W E Smith
6508 Private W G Smith
8061 Private F Snelgrove
5720 Corporal A Snooks
7570 Private J R Sowman
8739 Private A Spackman
7886 Private J H Spackman
8604 Private W Spackman
6000 Private E J Speck
8463 Private E Spencer
4029 Private W Squires
8878 Private Percy A St George
8564 Private Wilfred J Staples
7753 Private Frederick W Stay
3709 Private A E Stevens
3/9599 Private A G Stevens
3/65 Lance-Corporal C Stevens
8578 Private W H Stevens
8372 Private S W Stewart
8387 Private Ernest A Stitson
6724 Private Bertram Stokes
7964 Corporal W J Stoneham
8203 Private Ernest Stratton
8325 Private Albert J Stroud
8546 Private W J Stroud
3/9054 Private Ernest F Stuart
7750 Private R Styles
8824 Private A Summers
8737 Private G Sutton
8109 Private J F Sutton
9002 Private W Sylvester
8562 Lance-Corporal E Talbot
7115 Private A E Tarrant
8854 Private E Tarrant
7075 Private W Tatchell
7465 Private E J Tattersall
5643 Private Henry J Tattersall
8266 Private A E Taylor
8243 Private G Taylor
3/9349 Private William G Taylor
8519 Private E G Thomas
7961 Private W Titcomb
6935 Private Walter Edmond Titcombe
8399 Private E J Townsend
5231 Lance-Corporal A Trimby
7666 Private F G Trivett
6211 Private Arthur F Truckle
8874 Private J Tullett
6093 Private W C Turner
7000 Private Frank Turtle
8167 Private Frederick Charles Turton
3/60 Private Walter Underwood
7923 Private Ernest Uphill
7619 Private R Uphill
7327 Private Robert Urquhart
8862 Lance-Corporal Reginald John Vardy
8164 Lance-Sergeant Albert George Veck
8279 Private George F C Vick
8337 Private Arthur Thomas Viner
5688 Private Frederick Vizor
3/9092 Private A Waite
8576 Private G J Waite
7187 Private W Waite
3/8919 Private Ernest Henry Walker
8406 Private Eddie Walklate
6123 Private G Walters
3/8794 Private C Wareham
6375 Private J Wareham
8470 Private C E Warner
7859 Private H Waters
8884 Private F J Watts
3/9358 Private S Watts
8455 Private W G Watts
4994 Sergeant Alfred Howard Weatherall
8359 Lance-Corporal H Weaver
8491 Private H G Weaving
7966 Private F Webb
6888 Sergeant G P Webb
3/8824 Private S A Webb
6817 Private F Weeks
4257 Sergeant T Welsh
6799 Sergeant G Weston
3/9102 Private W B Weston
6133 Sergeant F Whalley
8477 Private R Whatley
8927 Private W Whatley
3/7016 Private W C Whatley
3/9293 Private Albert Wheeler
7770 Private C J Wheeler
7397 Private F Wheeler
7561 Private H Wheeler
5716 Company Quartermaster Sergeant John R Wheeler
5398 Lance-Corporal W Whitbread
8056 Private A White
8207 Corporal Alfred G White
8975 Private W H White
7984 Private T W Whitfield
9785 Private D J Whiting
8364 Private B Wilks
7782 Private C Williams
8511 Private F J Williams
6171 Lance-Corporal James Wilson
6285 Private T Wilson
5117 Private Thomas Wiltshire
7638 Private William Wiltshire
8842 Private W G Wiltshire
8905 Lance-Corporal R F C Winslow
3/8690 Private T Wise
7547 Private James J Witherow
8299 Private E R Withers
7366 Sergeant F J Witt
8179 Corporal F Woodford
8893 Private Edward Woodley
8819 Private A E Woodward
7432 Lance-Corporal Frank Woof
7038 Private W T Woolford
7508 Private J Wootten
8968 Private C Wootton
6739 Private E T Wright
7712 Private W C Wright
8761 Private F C Yeo
8707 Private J T Young
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