There are 174 men on this list of men from the Grenadier Guards who were captured by the Germans on or before Christmas Day 1914. I have transcribed this data from the following Imperial War Museum collection:
B.O.2 1/174: a ten-page letter and list of Grenadier Guards sent by the Grenadier Guards Care Committee, Buckingham Palace Gate, London SW1 to Sir Ernest Goodhart on the 9th January 1919.
My full transcription of these men (not reproduced here) also contains the home address and/or next of kin address and date of capture of all of the men.
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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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12499 Guardsman A Aivey, 15752 Guardsman T Attwood, 13282 Lance-Corporal R A Ayres.
15004 Corporal H Bacchus, 16048 Guardsman George Bade, 15527 Guardsman Robert Barker, 12967 Drummer E E Baxter, 11668 Guardsman G Beddows, 14530 Guardsman Bell, 12441 Guardsman G E Bellingham, 15429 Guardsman H P Bennett, 16349 Guardsman J H Bird, 15227 Guardsman T Booth, 14896 Guardsman G Brearley, 13136 Lance-Sergeant J Bridges, 13775 Guardsman R Briggs, 16627 Guardsman T F Brookes, 10920 CQMS T A Buller, 11520 Guardsman G Burgess, 16414 Guardsman H J Butt, 16695 Guardsman W G Bygrave.
14099 Sergeant Cann, 13355 Guardsman W Cartwright, 12521 Guardsman W J Chafer, 15669 Guardsman R V Chapman, 12263 Guardsman P Child, 12468 Guardsman A Churchman, 13017 Guardsman E Clements, 16596 Guardsman J B Coe, 14367 Guardsman Collier, 13391 Guardsman J Collins, 12832 Guardsman T Collins, 14374 Guardsman Collins, 16134 Guardsman F J Crick.
13435 Guardsman F Darvill, 11213 Guardsman C Davies, 14309 Sergeant Davies, 13226 Guardsman F Dawson, 14796 Guardsman G Day, 15320 Guardsman A H Dickenson, 15580 Guardsman W Dodd, 16584 Lance-Corporal E F Dryer, 14517 Guardsman Durman, 15877 Guardsman A Dyde.
16013 Lance-Corporal D East, 15011 Guardsman E Ebdon, 14566 Guardsman J Ellaway, 11967 Guardsman H Etheridge.
16687 Guardsman W F Farthing, 11542 Guardsman John Fisher, 14141 Guardsman Fleet, 14443 Guardsman A Fortescue, 15033 Lance-Corporal J H Foster, 15433 Guardsman F P Franklin, 12765 Guardsman Frank Fry.
11827 Lance-Sergeant T J Gilson, 13219 Guardsman L Graham.
13558 Guardsman J Haytor, 11893 Guardsman F Haywood, 15973 Guardsman A E Hessell, 15912 Guardsman J T Hincks, 8111 Drummer-Sergeant Hogan, 15563 Guardsman M G Hollyer, 11102 Guardsman I E Hopwood, 14598 Lance-Sergeant E N Horwood, 16164 Guardsman A Hoskins, 13340 Guardsman F Howard, 12288 Guardsman F R Howe, 13871 Guardsman C E Howes.
11296 Guardsman G Jarvis, 12529 Guardsman F Jones, 12553 Guardsman T A Jones.
5988 Guardsman R Kelow, 14075 Drummer F Kimber , 15948 Guardsman T J Kite
14178 Guardsman A L Larkin, 13971 Guardsman J Llewellyn, 12148 Guardsman A D Lloyd, 12252 Guardsman A D Love, 14520 Guardsman Lovell.
14105 Guardsman Maggs, 11664 Guardsman W M Mann, 11664 Guardsman W M Mann, 14368 Guardsman W March, 16384 Lance-Corporal Arthur L Massey, 16608 Guardsman C Mawson, 12942 Lance-Corporal W T McCann, 15449 Guardsman G Miller, 12536 Guardsman W H Miller, 14602 Guardsman Mingay, 14129 Guardsman Minney, 13622 Lance-Sergeant H J Mitchell, 15332 Guardsman G A Moody, 15981 Guardsman E J Moore, 14251 Guardsman Morley, 12917 Guardsman J Mortimer.
14595 Guardsman Neal, 11692 Guardsman W H Noble
14278 Guardsman Orchard, 13647 Guardsman A Ould
12385 Guardsman H Paintin, 9016 Corporal F Palethorpe, 12660 Lance-Sergeant S Parish, 14661 Lance-Corporal T P Pickering, 16605 Guardsman Henry C Pickers, 16294 Guardsman S R Pierce, 14645 Guardsman Piper, 12283 Guardsman Isaac R Polley, 13574 Lance-Corporal S F Polston, 13697 Guardsman G Pratt, 16051 Lance-Corporal R J Price, 14710 Guardsman A G Prior, 15473 Guardsman S E Pritchard, 16663 Guardsman C Prosser, 14025 Guardsman W Prout, 12648 Guardsman W E Pynn.
14021 Guardsman F Ranson, 13870 Guardsman H Rathbone, 12505 Guardsman B Rawlings, 15475 Lance-Corporal E Raybould, 11199 Guardsman A E Reid, 10660 Drummer F Reynolds, 14848 Guardsman W J Reynolds, 15582 Guardsman E Rhodes, 14022 Guardsman J Richardson, 12855 Guardsman G W Ridge, 16894 Guardsman J S M Robinson, 14283 Guardsman Rolls, 11682 Guardsman W Rowbottom.
16308 Guardsman A Sampson, 15947 Guardsman Sidney George Saunders, 13867 Guardsman W T Scally, 10423 Guardsman J Scholes, 16502 Guardsman W G Screen, 15132 Guardsman J Spencer, 16245 Guardsman J Spragg, 13597 Guardsman T Stacey, 16565 Guardsman W H Stafford, 13711 Guardsman H J Staley, 13291 Guardsman J J Stapleton, 13795 Guardsman G Startin, 13168 Guardsman C Steeles, 14509 Guardsman Stephens, 11911 Guardsman F Stokes, 15572 Guardsman A Swinscoe.
16456 Guardsman S R Tate, 14992 Guardsman L Taylor, 12317 Lance-Corporal T Taylor, 12254 Guardsman F E Thomas, 15679 Guardsman R Thomas, 13667 Drummer T H Thompson, 14316 Guardsman Thompson, 12999 Guardsman J Towey, 10682 Sergeant J Townsend, 13814 Guardsman W Tupling, 15379 Guardsman A Tweedy, 13670 Guardsman G Tye.
14647 Lance-Sergeant A Varley, 12984 Guardsman H Walker, 13299 Guardsman R H Ward, 13152 Guardsman J Waring, 13930 Corporal A Warren, 13100 Guardsman T Watson, 11632 Guardsman J Wedge, 13137 Guardsman W Wesley, 13809 Guardsman G R West, 11475 Lance-Corporal T Wheatley, 15479 Guardsman C Wheeler, 16896 Guardsman A White, 12409 Lance-Sergeant S J Whitehead, 12649 Guardsman W Williams, 12214 Sergeant R Wood, 14680 Guardsman E Wright.
14436 Guardsman Frank A Young.
The image on this post shows men of the 1st Grenadier Guards in Cologne in 1919.
