There are only five men from the 1st (Royal) Dragoons who appear on a list of men from that regiment captured on or before the 25th December 1914. The Imperial War Museum reference is B.O.2 1/53 and the complete details are listed below. All of these men were captured on the 19th October 1914.
2824 Lance-Corporal J F Harris of Whittocks Lane, Frome
5986 Private W J Luck of 10 Dapdune Crescent, Guildford
5052 Lance-Corporal J W Murkin of 126 Waterloo Street, Burton-on-Trent
3381 Private W Proctor of 34 Coxwell Avenue, off Queenseast Street, Toronto, Canada
7885 Private W S Wide of 1 Victoria Parade, Church End, Finchley
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