Royal Engineers - Other Rank PoWs 1914

There are 84 men on this list of men from the Royal Engineers who were captured by the Germans on or before Christmas Day 1914. This data has been transcribed from the  following Imperial War Museum collections:

B.O.2 1/179 is a 4-page typed list of Royal Engineers who were PoWs prior to 25th December 1914.  List sent by captain for colonel in charge of Infantry Records, Chatham, 11th January 1919
B.O.2 1/180 is a 3-page typed list of Royal Engineers who were PoWs prior to 25th December 1914.  List sent by the Royal Engineers Prisoners of War Committee, Brompton Barracks, Chatham on 20th December 1918

My full transcription of these men (not reproduced here) also contains the home address and/or next of kin address of all of the men. 

The full transcription is available for sale for £20. Contact me if you would like to purchase a copy.


For more information about these so-called 'Princess Mary tin PoWs' see my 1914 PoWs page. The majority of these men will also have records published by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Searching is free; finding your man is another matter entirely.

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24530 Lance-Corporal J Atkins

14864 Sapper J R Barber, 24601 Lance-Corporal F J Baxter, 28065 Corporal A O Balfour, 9360 Sapper P Bishop, 16564 Sapper A R Blakemore, 16672 Sapper F Bone, 28033 Corporal G V Boys, 24160 Pioneer M Brady, 12439 Sergeant B Brown, 18535 Driver T Butcher, 18715 Sergeant A Butler, 10519 Sapper J J Butler

20903 Sapper L C Canham, 14070 Sapper P Carr , 24745 Pioneer F R Carter, 5837 Sapper Cheeseman, 17225 Lance-Corporal S Clark, 11760 Sapper F Coleman, 20988 Driver J H Cook

27097 Sapper A J David, 28687 CSM J Dennis, 15888 Sapper M Doyle

25355 Pioneer L Elsmore

23546 Sapper F Fiddler, 14619 Sapper H Foster, 25205 Pioneer P Freeman

27864 Corporal A Gilford, 20426 Sapper G R Green

10225 Sapper A J Hammond, 23668 Sapper George F Hargreaves, 16499 Sapper W Harrington, 9032 Sapper R Hobbs, 28077 Corporal W P B Hollis, 23194 Sergeant A Holmes, 25051 Pioneer L C Hosken, 15982 Driver J W Howarth, 28220 Corporal D Humphreys

27856 Corporal F J Jackson, 21006 Pioneer A Johnson

24234 Driver F Kendall

28017 M C Cpl D J Leather, 15006 Sapper J List, 19232 Driver John B Livett

17115 Sapper E Mabley, 17643 Sapper R J Manwaring, 24636 Sapper S J Martin, 27853 Corporal H P Matthews, 23182 Pioneer A Maund, 15450 Sapper H G Mclachlan, 1751 Sergeant W Miles, 24566 Pioneer J Mills, 24521 Sapper W Moses, 21842 Sapper F C Motham, 9108 Sapper J Murphy, 27073 Sapper L Murphy

3968 Lance-Corporal G A Nash, 24894 Pioneer Christopher Norton, 20286 Sapper W H Patman, 29631 Sergeant E C G Pearcey, 16620 Sapper R M Phillips, 16024 Driver D J Prater

18955 Sapper George S Rice, 17566 Sapper C Ryan

23306 Sergeant C Schulze, 24850 Pioneer A V E Smith, 24786 Pioneer G Smith, 26596 Sapper J A H Smith, 1611 Sapper T E Smith, 28107 Corporal R Steele, 9421 2nd Corporal R H Stone, 26533 Pioneer H L Style, 24355 2nd Corporal E W Swayne

505 Sergeant Frederick John Taylor, 26537 Pioneer H E Tilley, 16770 Sapper A B Trenouth, 14090 E T Troke

22514 Sapper W J Watson, 17776 Sapper E E Weeks, 23489 Sapper S T Wesson, 15647 Sapper A Womack, 17467 Sapper R Woodhead, 18673 Sapper E W Wrighton

24527 Pioneer J Young