King's Royal Rifle Corps - Other Ranks PoWs 1914

There are 358 men on this list of King's Royal Rifle Corps other ranks 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 1/138 is an 11-page badly-faded and often illegible hand-written list sent to Sir Ernest Goodhart by Officer i/c Rifle Records, Winchester, dated 3rd February 1919

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. Note that due to the poor quality of this scanned document, not all details are legible

The full transcription is available for sale for £25. Contact me if you would like to purchase a copy - albeit do note the caveat above.

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 can be difficult.

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5303 Rifleman J Abbey, 11145 Rifleman F W Adams, 4813 Rifleman W Adfield, 7519 Rifleman J Allen, 5075 Rifleman J S Allen, 1908 W Allen, 10948 Rifleman Allen, 7581 Rifleman A C Allwood, 6205 Lance-Corporal J Almond, 7551 Rifleman C Amass, 8047 Rifleman Amies, 5260 Rifleman W Andrews, 5454 Rifleman G Ashton, 10577 Rifleman G Astley, 9866 Pte Charles E Ayres.

7360 Rifleman H Bagley, 10398 Rifleman Charles E Bailey, 3963 Rifleman W Bailey, 7947 Rifleman T Baister, 3270 Rifleman E Baker, 3072 Rifleman H Baker, 6409 Corporal R W Baldwin, 2859 Rifleman A R Baldwyn, 7501 Rifleman A Ball, 7037 Private Thomas Banks, 4685 Rifleman J Barfield, 5909 Rifleman E Barker, 6800 Corporal J W Barker, 5743 Rifleman W H Barker, 4045 Rifleman T Barnett, 891 Rifleman J R Barratt, 7772 Rifleman C Barrett, 3033 Rifleman L Bartley, 10689 Rifleman Henry J Barton, 5432 Rifleman A Batson, 3347 Rifleman S Beach, 11012 Rifleman A J Beale, 9519 Corporal H Bell, 10526 Pte Percy H Bell, 6241 Rifleman P Benbows, 1403 T Benson, 11236 Rifleman G E Betteridge, 3487 Rifleman J Bingham, 10531 Lance-Corporal J Blackshaw, 11206 Rifleman A E Blake, 7163 Rifleman T Bloomer, 6697 Rifleman J Blunt, 10892 Rifleman T Booker, 3653 Rifleman W Booth, 7288 Rifleman A Border, 10127 Rifleman F Bowers, 6457 Rifleman T Bowers, 10263 Rifleman George Brabon, 7382 Rifleman F W Bradford, 7649 Rifleman H Bradley, 1427 Rifleman J Brady, 9920 Rifleman Bray, 11535 Rifleman S T Brett, 7816 Rifleman S Bridge, 11115 Rifleman Ernest Brixey, 5997 Rifleman L Broadbent, 9749 Corporal P Broughton, 11140 B G Brown, 10982 Rifleman E Brown, 7509 Rifleman G E Brown, 4390 Lance-Corporal J J Brown, 6418 Rifleman W H Brown, 9651 Rifleman A Bruno, 4410 Lance-Corporal Charles Bryne, 4139 Rifleman T Bull, 4890 Rifleman W Buller, 11324 Rifleman Harry Burditt, 3247 Rifleman E Burke, 9842 Corporal J Burke, 10912 Rifleman A Burridge, 4469 Rifleman F Bush, 5842 W Button, 2546 Rifleman W Byrne.

4170 Rifleman J Cade, 6277 Rifleman J Cahill, 6511 Lance-Corporal F T Callaway, 7110 Rifleman Calley, 6681 Rifleman Charles Cameron, 6036 Rifleman J Cannon, 2731 T Carter, 11156 Rifleman R R Caterer, 7574 Rifleman H Chambers, 2706 Rifleman R Chambers, 7411 Rifleman A Chapman, 7300 Rifleman M Chapman, 7526 Rifleman E Chappell, 1569 Rifleman J Chappell, 1460 CSM H W Charles, 3106 Rifleman T B Cheers, 3998 Rifleman H L Chesterton, 8451 Rifleman Thomas Chetwynd (pictured above), 10537 Rifleman T A Chipping, 256 Rifleman G Clarke, 7222 Private A Clough, 2268 Rifleman Bernard E Cocker, 7512 William Coleman, 7502 Rifleman William Collen, 11303 Rifleman G Collins, 5503 Private H Collins, 10700 Rifleman H B Collins, 6305 Private T Compey, 7462 Rifleman Vincent Conn, 6356 Rifleman C Cook, 5813 Rifleman J J Cook, 6651 Rifleman G Cooke, 5005 Rifleman A Cooper, 6539 Lance-Corporal J Cooper, 3538 Rifleman W Cooper, 6598 Rifleman H Copley, 6853 Rifleman T T Cornwell, 2274 Rifleman W A Corser, 6909 Rifleman J E Cotton, 4240 Rifleman H A Cox, 10777 Rifleman R G Cox, 4840 Rifleman R Cragg, 7585 Rifleman T Cruikshanks, 8115 Rifleman Daniel Cullimore, 7659 Rifleman George Cutler.

2577 S Dads, 10436 Lance-Corporal W Dalby, 6316 Rifleman Albert Dale, 5744 Rifleman Thomas E Dangerfield, 6791 Rifleman G Davies, 1385 Rifleman Leonard Davis, 10688 Rifleman G Day, 1211 Rifleman W E Day, 5922 A E Dean, 6519 Rifleman F Deane, 4945 Rifleman G Dewy, 6855 Rifleman Frederick J Dillingham, 7673 W Dimpsey, 11153 Rifleman William R Ding, 6337 Rifleman Walter Doncaster, 6881 Rifleman E Doughty, 2200 Rifleman J E Duggan, 4592 Lance-Corporal J Duncan, 5602 J Dunn.

2727 Rifleman William H Eaton, 7950 Rifleman Frank Edwards, 11253 Rifleman T A Edwards, 6187 Rifleman Robert J Ellsmore, 7026 Rifleman William H Emery, 1842 [unclear] Emmett, 10929 [unclear] Evans, 11151 A E Evans.

5630 Rifleman J E Fell, 7073 Rifleman John Fenwick, 7022 Rifleman John Fereday, 3935 Rifleman Arthur Finney, 6757 Rifleman P W Fisher, 3423 Rifleman Sidney J Flinders, 7217 Rifleman A Flint, 5894 Rifleman William Fox, 6605 J A Franklin, 6978 Rifleman W Freatwell, 6630 Rifleman H Freeman, 2073 Corporal William Frith.

5575 Albert Garrison, 11337 Rifleman Stephen Giddings, 9111 Sergeant S S Gilbert, 5608 William Gilbert, 6350 Thomas Glover, 10487 Alfred Gough, 6044 Private J Green , 6833 Harry Greenwood, 7612 Abraham Griffiths, 4292 George Grimsdale, 3937 J H Hadfield, 11530 Bert Hales, 6343 Sergeant Frederick Hall, 6064 Private A Hammond, 4914 F G Handley, unclear Rifleman Harnett, 6116 Rifleman John T Harnetty, 1596 Rifleman Horace Harris, 4167 W J Harris, 2032 Robert S Harvey, 6459 Rifleman Charles Hensman, 5098 Rifleman Hill, 7590 Frederick W Hines, 7028 William Hodgkinson, 10671 Rifleman Wallace R Holes, 7694 William Holton, 8088 Bugler Best Horlock, 11144 James H Horton, 1093 Sergeant A Hudson, 5910 Private C Hunt, 1141 Rifleman R Hunt.

1243 Rifleman C Impey.

5671 G H Jackson, 6410 Cpl Fred T Jagger, 4771 Rifleman H Jayes, 6059 Rifleman W Jeffery, 3652 Rifleman J Jenkins, 6455 Rifleman D Johns , 11186 Lance-Corporal R Johnstone, 2989 Private S Johnstone, 4808 Rifleman W H Jones, 9820 Rifleman Jones.

1768 Lance-Corporal T Keane, 5929 George H Kelly, 7960 Richard C Kemp, 5710 Rifleman J Kempton, 9900 Corporal John F Keohane, 11188 Rifleman G F Kerridge, 9494 Lance-Corporal H Kettle, 7167 Rifleman Thomas Kilkelly, 7364 Rifleman D W Kingston, 5410 W Kirby, 4070 Corporal J T Kirk, 2693 Rifleman H Knight.

3686 Rifleman James Lalley, 11132 James Langston, 11046 George H P Lanz, 2397 Rifleman Arthur Lazenby, 6339 Rifleman Herbert W Leather, 10324 Corporal A Lee, 7890 Rifleman Joseph A Lee, 4944 Rifleman William Leyland, 9110 Rifleman Norman Loftus, 2935 Rifleman R Lomax, 8967 Harry R Lupton.

2608 Rifleman T S May, 5374 Rifleman John McCluskey, 6687 Rifleman John McDermott, 9251 Rifleman T McInlay, 2499 Rifleman Thomas McQueeney, 6047 Rifleman William S Meadley, 7141 Rifleman J L Meakins, 2516 Rifleman J A Metcalfe, 5903 Rifleman F Mockford, 4245 Rifleman Charles Moore, 10462 Rifleman H J Moore, 4047 Rifleman Peter H Moore, 10006 Corporal A T Morgan, 11296 Rifleman E L R Morgan, 7247 Lance-Corporal A S Mullarky, 1315 Private J Murphy, 6434 Rifleman Ernest Myers, 7380 Sergeant E Myttion.

5856 Rifleman A Nash, 9424 Corporal W H Naylor, 5550 Rifleman [unclear] Noon, 6498 E North.

7536 P O'Brien, 6317 J U Osborne, 3939 Sydney W Pammant, 10298 Ernest G Parbery, 9685 A Parker, 5919 Private A Parker, 7334 J G Parker, 10530 Charles Parrott, 7055 Leonard Pasnett, 3329 G O Payne, 10679 Walter Peachey, 10976 George A Pearson, [unclear] A E Phillips, 6751 W Phillips, 10143 W Philpot, 10468 Private A Pittman, 1468 W G Plumley, 11013 Leonard Price, 9645 Robert J Prior, 4850 W Pugh.

6342 Arthur Radford, 7446 Walter Radford, 5225 J Rafferty, 10977 W G Ramsay, 8375 T Redmond, 11005 Robert L Reeve, 4081 Ernest Revell, 7067 H Revell, 11134 J S Reynolds, 7209 [unclear] Roberts, 4841 J W Roberts, 5406 R Robinson, 7598 S Robinson, 7510 George Robson, 4720 F Roz, 5210 John Rudman, 10940 A J Ryan, 7469 William Ryan.

5774 [unclear] Samuels, 5182 G Sawyer, 11319 Private Henry Searle, 6279 A Sharp, 4282 R Sharples, 4581 John Sheldon, 11160 Ernest Sheldrick, 7871 Stanley R Shemmings, 5216 H Shorney, 11027 John Shubrook, 10693 Arthur Sillett, 11054 Arthur H Silverton, 4499 Charles Simpson, 10950 Harry Sims, 10942 George H Slatter, 7864 [unclear] Smith, 4638 C H Smith, 3380 J W Smith, 3020 S Smith, 7442 Albert Smithhurst, 11025 William C B Soppitt, 2179 James Speak, 9840 William A Stanistreet, 4254 Rifleman Herbert Stanyon, 7120 Thomas Starkie, 6579 Malcolm Stephenson, 10800 Stephen C Stevens, 6514 Edward Stinson, 4308 A Stockwell, 10996 Thomas A Stone, 9691 F G Style, 1197 H G Sutton, 3069 S Sykes.

802 P H Taylor, 11058 Private A Thirman, 11545 F Thomas, 5806 Robert C Thomas, 5529 C Thompson, 6759 Stanley Thompson, 6379 F Thornhill, 11104 Henry Thorpe, 11246 Herbert J Tiplady, 5915 R Topper, 5502 W E Towler, 2573 CSM F S Tyler.

11141 G E Walker, 5443 Thomas Wall, 4701 Ernest Wallis, 2262 J Walsh, 9579 H Walters, 900 Rifleman William Walton, 10933 W T Ward, 10621 Frank E Warner, 10943 T W Watson, 4320 J Watt, 10959 E A Webb, 10186 Frederick W Welsh, 4658 J Whalley, 10043 Frederick White, 7867 John Whitney, 2160 G H Wilkinson, 10723 Edward Willbourn, 11101 Francis Williams, 3575 Walter Wilson, 2125 G Winsor, 6088 George Wolliter, 4076 [unclear] Wood, 11214 W W Wood, 5032 William Wood, 7611 H Woolwich.

10768 G H Young.

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.


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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

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - Other rank PoWs 1914

The 32 men on this roll call of Scottish Rifles soldiers captured by the German on or before Christmas Day 1914 appears on two lists now catalogued and held by the Imperial War Museum:

• B.O.2 1/294 is a three-page typed list, compiler and date unknown.
• B.O.2 1/296 is a three-page handwritten letter and list from the Prisoners of War Relief, The Cameronians, dated 27th December 1918. 

8447 Lance-Corporal Henry Ash 
8448 Sergeant Alfred Ash 
9519 Private H G Austin 
6102 Private R Beats 
8522 Private T Blackwell 
10669 Private G Brooks 
Sergeant George Buckley 
8498 Sergeant E J Buss 
10871 Private P Byrne 
8383 Private W F Carey 
7732 Private J Conroy 
11132 Private D Cruickshank 
8745 Private F G Dawson 
8287 Private J Fergus 
10948 Private J B Galvin 
7689 Private D W Gilchrist 
9209 Private/Piper C Gullan 
8592 Private H Leavens 
7744 Private Alfred George Mackie 
8512 Private E Mann 
10865 Private J Mason 
13286 G B McGuire 
9653 Private R Murphy 
11083 Private R Neild 
8190 Private W Potter 
10879 Private J C Roberts 
8669 Private E Smith 
7629 Private J Stewart 
7193 Colour-Sergeant D Taylor 
9530 Private S Wood 
10803 Private J Wray 
9530 A B Wray

The first two men on this list, Alfred and Henry Ash, were presumably brothers who enlisted together, were possibly captured together, and may have been incarcerated together as well. There's probably a decent research project there for someone, and I'm sure that the ICRC website has more details on when they were captured and where they were held. Any errors in the transcription of these banes are mine.

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South Staffordshire Regt - Other Rank PoWs 1914

There are 282 South Staffordshire Regiment men listed in this prisoner of war roll-call; men who between them had solid soldiering experience at home and abroad, and some of whom had seen service against the Boers two monarchs ago. Their experience, close to three companies' worth under the old infantry company establishment, would be sorely missed by their King and Country.

These men's names appear in two lists now catalogued by the Imperial War Museum:

B.O.2 1/265 is an eight-page typed and handwritten list of South Staffordshire Regiment Prisoners of War, sent on 1st January 1919 by the South Staffordshire Regiment Prisoners of War Care Committee
B.O.2 1/266 is a nine-page typed and handwritten list of South Staffordshire Regiment Prisoners of War.  The date and sender are unknown but this list appears to pre-date B.O.2 1/265.  

I have just reproduced basic details in my roll-call below, but my full transcription also includes - for the most part - date of capture and home address. Some records have additional notes. The full transcription is available for sale as a download or CD for £20. Contact me if you would like to purchase a copy. For more information on the PoWs of 1914, follow the link.

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6903 Private S Abley 
9061 Private E Adams 
8766 Private F Adams 
9310 Private W M Allen 
8889 Private H C Anderson 
8440 Private E E Andrews 
8248 Corporal H Appleby 
8188 Private E Argent 
9252 Lance-Corporal V H Arkle 
9024 Private G Bagnall 
8961 Pte Arthur Baker 
8848 Private J Baker 
8456 Private J W Baker 
9096 Private T G Baker 
8850 Private R Ball
8705 Private T H Banbury 
8363 Private G H Barker 
8308 Private W Barnbrook 
7918 Private Bertram Barnett 
7038 Private W Barton 
8801 Private G Bate 
9029 Private T Bateman 
8786 Private C Beckett 
9330 Private W Beckett 
5763 Private J Beebee 
9724 Private H N Beer 
8928 Private T Beesley 
8774 Lance-Corporal T H Bellerson 
7911 Private A Benton 
8454 Private J W Bishop 
8594 Private G Blackwell 
9203 Private T Bloomfield 
8523 Private R Bood 
9146 Pte William Bromley 
8891 Private G Brooks 
8898 Private G Brooks 
7692 Private T Brown 
8381 Private E Bucknall 
7745 Private J Bullock 
8616 Private O Burke 
8871 Private A Burns 
8583 Private A Busby 
8153 Private J Butler 
8972 Private G Caley 
8628 Private W Carlisle 
8699 Private T Carnelley 
8783 Lance-Corporal J Cartwright 
7589 Sergeant J Castleford 
7765 Private H Chambers 
8907 Lance-Corporal D Choyce 
4861 Private C Clansey 
8980 Private J Clarke 
8877 Private J T Clarke 
6983 CQMS A Clay 
9308 Private J T Clee 
8790 Private A Cook 
7463 Private G Cooke 
8724 Private A Coulson 
8462 Private G Cox 
8970 Lance-Corporal O Cox 
8390 Private F Davies 
9154 Private J Davies 
9175 Private R Davies 
9247 Private W Davies 
8275 Private G Dawson 
8323 Private W Dean 
7014 Private J Denham 
8512 Private H Denson 
6688 Pte Edward Drinkwater 
7085 Corporal T Dryden 
9118 Private A F Dunn 
7326 Private G H Earp 
6068 Private G Ellis 
7754 Private W Evans 
6177 Sergeant T Farmer 
8838 Private W Farmer 
8644 Corporal W T Farmer 
8897 Private J Faulkner 
8242 Pte Joseph E Faulkner 
9301 Pte George Fellows 
9243 Private W Ferns 
7785 Corporal N Field 
7907 Private A Fisher 
8513 Private E Fisher 
7994 Lance-Corporal N Fitzpatrick 
7548 Private T Flanagan 
9170 Private L Flavell 
7859 Private T R Ford 
8835 Private W H Foster 
8532 Private H Freeman 
7733 Sergeant H Frost 
8855 Private C Fryer 
8869 Private J Fulford 
9179 Private C Godwin 
8313 Private C Gough 
8600 Private A Gould 
7436 Sergeant J C Greaves 
8282 Private J Green 
7510 Corporal W Green 
8536 Corporal W Griffiths 
9382 Private H Hagger 
8570 Private F W Hancox 
8574 Private J Handley 
7882 Corporal C H Handy 
8501 Pte Thomas Hawkes 
8300 Private H Haynes 
8654 Corporal H J Heath 
7685 Private W Hiden 
9050 Lance-Corporal A Higgins 
7744 Private J T Highfield 
8756 Private J Hill 
7081 Private G Hinde 
8800 Private J Holden 
8318 Bandsman T G Hollington 
9065 Lance-Corporal J Holmes 
8937 Private Cecil Hoseason 
7830 Private J Howell 
8108 Private J H Howell 
8472 Private J Howles 
8228 Private A Hughes 
8563 Private J Hyden 
5285 CSM G A James 
9230 Private E Jarvis 
8442 Private W Johnson 
7790 Private David Jones 
9140 Private E Jones 
7604 Private E Jones 
8273 Private G A Jones 
8959 Private R Jones 
9093 Private G A Jordan 
5245 Sergeant T Joyce 
8713 Private W Kane 
8781 Private D Keeble 
8151 Private C J Kendrick 
9514 Sergeant J W Kick
8841 Sergeant T King 
8661 Private J Kirkham 
7612 Private J Knight 
8070 Private H Lacey 
7217 Sergeant Percy Sydney Harold Lamb 
8865 Drummer Vincent H Lamb 
8515 Private W G Langrish 
8914 Lance-Corporal Frederick J Law 
7481 Private W Law 
8923 Private H Lee 
8690 Private G Lewis 
8146 Private W Lewis 
7986 Corporal Thomas William Lindsay 
7845 Private R V Linton 
9188 Private S Loftus 
8265 Private P Lowe 
8846 Private A Luke 
7818 Private G Maddocks 
9363 Private J Marchant 
8989 Private J Marsh 
8561 Private S Marsh 
8773 Private Joseph D Mason 
8673 Private J Matthews 
8244 Private N Matthews 
9144 Private J H Mawer 
9398 Lance-Corporal J H Mayfield 
9300 Lance-Corporal W McHugh 
7252 Private R McLeed 
8448 Private P McNally 
9223 Private J Meanley 
9173 Private W E Medhurst 
8098 Corporal J W Middleton 
8581 Private B Molineux 
7739 Lance-Corporal J Moody 
8833 Private Alfred Moorman 
9408 Private J Morley 
5591 Private J Morris 
9368 Private A W Mumford 
8592 Private S E Mumford 
8287 Private F B Newman 
9125 Lance-Corporal R Northover 
5643 Sergeant J W Oakley 
7827 Private R Oakley 
8767 Private J O'Donnell 
9402 Private H Page 
8360 Lance-Corporal A Painting 
8235 Corporal J Parker 
9005 Private P Parkes 
8687 Private J Peakman 
8494 Private W Pearce 
7460 Private G H Pitt 
8518 Private G Poole 
8174 Private A Potts 
6645 Private C Potts 
9141 Private F Powell 
8740 Private F Price 
5963 Private H Price 
9043 Private J Price 
9311 Private J S Price 
8913 Private J W Price 
8218 Private J Priest 
7844 Lance-Corporal W Pritchard 
9002 Pte Thomas Henry Pugh 
8338 Private G Rawlings 
7531 Lance-Corporal R S C Ray 
9062 Private L Reade 
8991 L/Cpl James S Reeves 
9010 Private F T Reynolds 
8964 Private F Rhead 
9049 Private T Ritter 
8238 Corporal C Roberts 
8223 Private C J Robins 
8081 Private W Rochell 
8618 Private G Rogers 
6148 Private J Rollason 
6879 Private A Ruskin 
9370 Private Frederick W Russon 
8487 Private G Sankey 
9342 Private E Sant 
8224 Lance-Corporal A H Saunders 
9133 Private E Saunders 
8272 Private W L Sayfritz 
8587 Lance-Corporal W G Scott 
7962 Private R Shaw 
4035 Private I Shepherd 
8867 Private D Sheppard 
8160 Private W Sheppard 
7871 Private A J Simcox 
6689 Private G Sketchley 
7972 Corporal J H Slater 
8672 Private T Smallman 
8118 Private A Smith 
8706 Driver S Smith 
5663 Sergeant W Spink
9079 Private E Steadman
8716 Private J Steele 
8247 Private W Stevens 
8595 Private W Stone 
9212 Private A Taylor 
8481 Driver F C Taylor 
8384 Private J Taylor
8490 Corporal A Terry 
8015 Private A E Thomas 
8922 Private H Thomas 
8486 Private A Thompson 
7850 Private Harry Thornton 
9121 Private A Thorpe 
9100 Private T H Titley 
8824 Corporal W Tombs 
8230 Private C Toomer 
8986 Lance-Corporal A C Townend 
9295 Private H W Tranter 
8203 Private G B Tristram 
7399 Private H Turner 
8471 Private J Turner 
9091 Private A Turton 
9148 Private W Unitt 
8679 Private E Upton 
6243 CQMS W Wall 
6109 Private W Walton 
7123 Private H Warburton 
7872 Private H Warrilow 
8671 Lance-Corporal E Watkins 
8215 Private F S Weaver 
8353 Private H Webb 
9282 Private H Wells 
8996 Private Edward White 
9325 Private H Whitehead 
9235 Private H Whitehead 
7903 Private J W Whitehouse 
7594 Private J W Wickson 
8674 Private R A Wilding 
9201 Lance-Corporal A Wilkes 
8129 Private G H Williams 
9143 Private G Wilson 
8738 Pte R Wilson 
8619 Private C R Winfield 
8369 Private F E Witts 
7824 Private A W Wood 
8393 Private C Wood 
9343 Lance-Corporal S Wood 
8310 Lance-Corporal C Woollett 
9023 Lance-Corporal A W Woolley 
8209 Private T Worley 
8449 Private T H Worton 
9184 Private H Wright 
9117 Private W Wright

East Lancashire Regiment - PoW other ranks 1914

Here's a list of 137 men of the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment who became prisoners of the Kaiser on or before Christmas Day 1914. Read more about this Prisoner of War data source on my 1914 PoWs page. 

This data has been transcribed from the following sources which are now housed at the Imperial War Museum: 

• B.O.2 1/252: a three-page typed list from the officer i/c No 2 Infantry Record Office, Sessions House, Lancaster Road. Dated 17th January 1919.
• B.O.2 1/253: a four-page typed list from the Regimental Centre for the East Lancashire Regiment Prisoners of War.  Dated 10th January 1919

8476 Private R H Ashworth 
8588 Private F Auty 
8405 Private W H Ball 
10893 Private H Beamer 
10030 Bandsman A V Bell 
5374 Sergeant C Bennett 
10714 Lance-Corporal F Beresford 
8831 Private W Bolger 
5630 Private J Bowman 
9486 Private S H Boyd 
3447 Private G Bradley 
7885 Private W H Bromley 
9493 Private T Bully 
7827 Private A Bunney 
8271 Private P Byrne 
8560 Private H Cambridge 
7663 Lance-Corporal H Carnell 
8505 Lance-Corporal E Carter 
7133 Private J Caton 
8585 Drummer V G S Champion 
8970 Private A Chapman 
10729 Lance-Corporal R Clark 
8338 Private R Clegg 
9464 Sergeant A Craymer 
8312 Private C W Cripps 
9118 Private A Davies 
911 Private A Davis 
8219 Private W Davison 
10602 Lance-Corporal W R C Denwood 
9356 Bandsman F Dolman 
8260 Private J Donnelly 
8896 Private J Dooley 
7006 Private T Dyer 
7843 Private A Eastham 
6897 Private J Eaton 
9053 Private W Ellicott 
7132 Private W Entwistle 
8076 Private E Finn 
8129 Private J J Flood 
7718 Private C Ford 
9441 Private R Gammon 
7813 Private J Grafton 
7798 Private J Green 
7972 Private S H Halliwell 
10920 Private W Hart 
8534 Private H Hatcher 
10343 Private W T Hawkins 
10891 Private T Hazell 
8225 Private J Healey 
7650 Private J Higgins 
10800 Private A Hill 
8037 Private R Hillman 
7115 Private A Holden 
10705 Private P Holden 
10227 Corporal F E D Horsley 
10762 Private W Hoy 
8224 Lance-Corporal J Hughes 
8177 Private Vernon William Hurcum 
10701 Private G W Jenkins 
5753 Lance-Corporal C W Joel 
10760 Private A Jones 
8685 Private G W Jones 
5689 Sergeant J R Kay 
10623 Corporal J R Kenney 
10898 Private A King 
8427 Private J R King 
9784 Bandsman E Knight 
7785 Private F Ladams 
8091 Private F Lakin 
8291 Private F Lancaster 
10869 Private F Lee 
9456 Private R Leeder 
8008 Private William Leybourne 
8507 Bandsman F Lomas 
8507 Private F Lomas 
7959 Private Henry Lund 
10789 Private W Maddocks 
8133 Private J Mansell 
7920 Private J Martin 
7739 Private James Mason 
7657 Private E Mathers
10520 Bandsman A Maycock 
8360 Private B McConnell 
19026 Sergeant A Merritt 
4737 Sergeant T Miley 
7125 Private F Miller 
10565 Private H Mitchell 
7683 Private W Moore 
6453 Private J Muirhead 
8412 Private J N Naylor 
9029 Private E Newsham 
8543 Private T Nunn 
10244 Private E Oates 
9006 Private J Ozanne 
10562 Private B Pass 
10777 Private H E Pawley 
8639 Private W Peoples 
8263 Private R Pilling 
7910 Private G Plowman 
7610 Private J Rampton 
10646 Private W Ramsbottom 
10904 Private J Redmond 
8175 Private A E Reed
8175 Private A Reid 
10439 Drummer C G Riches 
7844 Private T Rogers 
7120 Private H Rutherford 
10241 Lance-Sergeant I G F Scott 
8944 Private C Shanley 
6791 Private J Shaw 
8489 Private R Short 
10851 Lance-Corporal R J Slater 
6742 Private C Smith 
7990 Private J Smith 
8234 Private T Smith 
9487 Private W Smith 
7128 Private T Spencer 
9857 Private J Stephens 
8095 Corporal S A Thompson 
10280 Sergeant J Tingle 
10648 Private B J Toop 
8801 Private P Tracey 
10087 Private C Travis 
6710 Corporal W Tynan 
8660 Private R Underwood 
8648 Private A Watson 
9435 Private G Watts 
7726 Private J Whewell
8486 Private B White 
7899 Private J Whiteside 
8942 Private J Whitwell 
8191 Private A Williams 
8712 Private J T Williams 
6554 Sergeant F Wilmott 
9677 Private A Wishart 
8452 Private W Witherington 
5964 CQMS H Woan

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Contemptible Little PoWs - The BEF incarcerated

Here's the slide-deck from the talk I gave on behalf of Findmypast at yesterday's WDYTYA session at the NEC in Birmingham. To all those who attended, thank you for coming.

Searching from the home page is only a realistic option if you are looking for an individual with an uncommon name. I have referred to Vernon Swatman in two posts on my Army Forms and Attestations blog. Here's one of those: Vernon Swatman's medical chart.

The documents you can typically expect to see returned in search results are transcriptions, images and PDFs.

From the home page select the search option and then choose whether to search across all records, search by category, or use the A-Z search (below).

The importance of wildcard searching cannot be under-stated. It is an extremely flexible and useful tool and you should use it with abandon. Failing to do so can seriously limit the results you can expect to see returned. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders example below is a good example of this. Use the wildcard asterisk * with as many or as few letters as you like - and use it before and after text.

There are a number of stand-out series in Findmypast's Prisoners of War collection which covers the period 1715 to 1945. I drew attention to the records in WO 161 at The National Archives which is a series of PoW interviews conducted before the Armistice with men who had been interned, repatriated, or who had escaped. I have posted separately on Prisoner of War reports in WO 161 and included copies of the questions that were asked. This is a TERRIFIC series, worthy of serious study (not to mention further indexing).

The arrows in the image indicate the PoWs British Army cap badges and their tin badges which bear their PoW numbers.

It is common to see "P of W" written on the cards of many men who were captured in 1914; less common to see this on cards of men who were captured later than 1914. The number in the top left hand corner is an anachronistic reference to the regiment of foot; in this case the 50th regiment of Foot which was the pre July 1881 designation of the Royal West Kent Regiment.

A good example of a man with records in WO 364 (on the left) and WO 363 (the so-called "burnt documents"). The images below and in the slide after that, are Crown Copyright, The National Archives.

The images in the next two slides are also Crown Copyright, The National Archives.

The ICRC PoW collection is important but challenging to use. This is a site that would certainly benefit from improved indexing.

Some images give a wealth of information.  In the example above, in the space of three short lines, we are told date of birth, next of kin, date of capture, place of capture, the fact that the man was unwounded, and the company he was serving in. Terrific information.

This is not my image and I apologise for any infringement of copyright.

The screen grab above is from the auctioneers, Spink & Son.

Libraries probably hold out the nest hope of getting access to the Gale Cengage data. It is here that you will find images (albeit poor quality) of those lists of men who had become PoWs on or before 25th December 1914. Read more about this on my 1914 PoWs page. 

The Great War Forum is a great resource, as is The Long, Long Trail website and the Western Front Association site.

As well as the book above, also check out the British Red Cross and Order of St John Enquiry lists which are held by the IWM and which have been re-published by N&MP.

You are welcome to use and refer to these slides for your own non-commercial usage but I retain the copyright in the content and soldier images unless otherwise stated. 

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