Royal Field Artillery - Other Rank PoWs 1914

There are 197 men on this list of men from the Royal Field Artillery who were captured by the Germans on or before Christmas Day 1914. This data has been transcribed from the following Imperial War Museum collection:

B.O.2 1/120 is a single six-page typed list of RFA men sent by Colonel-in-Chief RH and RFA records, Woolwich, London SE18 on 7th 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. 

The full transcription is available for sale for £25. 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.

55481 Gunner G Aldridge, 46428 Gunner R Allan, 73000 Driver Allpress, 27163 Gunner J Anstey, 69161 Gunner G G Aston

48125 Corporal Baird, 54086 Corporal J Bartle, 58491 Corporal W Beck, 71691 Gunner A W Beckwith, 67522 Gunner J A Bell, 71476 Gunner G Bennett, 32018 Sergeant W Bennett, 33124 Gunner T J L Biggie, 32462 Gunner P W Bishop, 50620 Gunner S Bishop, 58189 Driver W A Black, 22958 Driver J Blackhall, 73341 Shoeing Smith J Blackham, 73423 Gunner D Blake, 30372 Bombardier G Bland, 57841 Bombardier D G Blanks, 54021 Bombardier W Brothers, 75788 A/Bombardier George Brough, 70789 Gunner T J L Brown, 34243 Bombardier H Buckley, 70902 Driver A L Buckman, 69894 Gunner T Burt, 70751 Gunner W Butler

66619 Bombardier W Campbell, 69913 Gunner W A Cane, 74205 Bombardier R M Carey, 15931 Sergeant W F Carnegie, 72952 Driver A Cartlidge, 67500 Gunner J Cass, 73719 Bombardier J G Cawte, 73770 Gunner S Charlton, 16280 Corporal H Chesters, 82625 Driver J C Cingel, 57220 Gunner G E Clark, 75571 Gunner H W Clifford, 76432 Gunner T F Clouting, 62218 Gunner A W Colley, 17795 Driver S H Collinson, 72165 Gunner W J Corkery, 73631 Driver H C Cornish, 55931 Gunner M R Cosgrave, 48846 Driver A J Cox, 28068 Sergeant F Cox, 23825 Sergeant A Crabtree, 820 Sergeant C Croft, 71123 Gunner H Crofts, 76437 Driver D Currie

11778 Driver R A Davies, 11521 Driver C Davis, 27783 Battery Sergeant Major C E Davis, 70741 Gunner H Deas, 47869 Corporal T Dennett, 50155 Bombardier P Dickson, 71080 Bombardier T F Draper, 59195 Driver A Duncan

28542 Gunner A Edmonds, 67771 Gunner F Ellis, 74417 Gunner D Estall, 71414 Gunner E Etheridge, 37774 Driver G W Evans, 61399 Driver R Evans, 69586 Driver C W Farmer, 24488 Driver G H Fell, 3373 Battery Sergeant Major S E Firth, 70661 Gunner W Fosberry, 75726 Bombardier A Fowler, 13025 Driver P J Fox, 77649 Driver F R Francis, 45201 Gunner G A Francis, 64431 Gunner Fred T Frost

51623 Bombardier G Gallant, 72394 Bombardier H V Gaurd, 76359 Gunner S C Getley, 26684 Bombardier J Gidlow, 84799 Battery Sergeant Major W R Goble, 77113 Driver A Goodson, 75317 Bombardier P R Greenlees, 52078 Gunner A V Gregory, 68904 Bombardier F Grogan

43075 Driver H Hammond, 77751 Gunner H M Hammond, 51612 Gunner S H Hartwell, 63866 Driver A Hassan, 45899 A/Bombardier Henry Hayes, 68521 Gunner A Henderson, 73682 Gunner J A Hinds, 71526 Gunner J Hughes, 62662 Gunner E Humphreys, 42777 Corporal A J Hunter, 55929 Bombardier P Hunter, 73766 Gunner S H Hunter, 52299 Bombardier E Hymas

31123 Gunner M Kelly, 76344 Gunner T Kershaw, 46581 Gunner P J Kidd, 34233 Driver C Kirkham, 74913 Gunner G Knowles

75996 Driver A Lewis, 22052 Saddler-Corporal T D Little

40344 Driver W Manley, 71426 Driver F Martin, 75900 Bombardier S Matthews, 14965 Gunner C Maurice, 54491 Bombardier R Mayger, 904 Driver G Mayhew, 51520 Gunner S McClure, 60463 Sergeant McKown, 67448 Gunner J Miller, 46080 Gunner J Moore, 32704 Battery Sergeant Major R A Morrow, 69500 Driver D Mulholland, 78232 Gunner W Munt, 71234 Gunner S Murray

62443 Driver G Needham, 50821 Bombardier R C Neill, 74231 Gunner A Newman, 71779 Driver George H Nichols, 55494 Driver H North

69467 Gunner P O'Brien, 15861 Gunner J Ockwell, 74412 Gunner E O'Connor

56490 Driver A W Parsons, 66158 Driver J M Pearston, 60738 Gunner W Pierce, 32136 Bombardier W Plumb, 69495 Trumpeter Henry Charles Poulter, 47214 Driver G A Prette, 75547 Driver J Price, 66296 Bombardier G A Purvess, 40602 Gunner T A Pyle

63451 Gunner R Quinn

41302 Bombardier H Raines, 31383 Corporal E T Ribbens, 50611 Bombardier A A Richardson, 51602 Bombardier J Richardson, 65939 Gunner R W Roberts , 26275 Driver H G Robinson, 69889 Gunner J Rogers, 32601 Sergeant W Rogers, 63390 Driver B Russell

70971 Bombardier A Shepherdly, 40027 Driver H W Sills, 29487 Gunner W Silsby, 69822 Gunner A L Smith, 74199 Gunner A L Smith, 54251 Bombardier G W Smith, 59251 Bombardier E Sparkes, 40781 Gunner T Steed, 67646 Driver J Stephens, 43015 Shoeing Smith J Stobble, 76411 Gunner J W Strong, 76655 Driver W R Summers

48177 Gunner J Tastard, 23534 Gunner G Taylor, 32145 Sergeant F W Tolman, 74225 Gunner William Towers, 25627 Sergeant J H Tozer, 59666 Driver W Traquair, 66568 Gunner R H Turnbull, 69390 Driver W Turner

45727 Sergeant F W Underhill

77811 Gunner A Valvona, 61199 Driver E A Vaughan

23638 Sergeant B W Walker, 59926 Corporal L J Warner, 38895 Driver W Warner, 35063 Sergeant A Warren, 47496 Gunner H Waters, 68731 Gunner H Watts, 73581 Gunner W Watts, 62747 Driver A W Webb, 57977 Driver A E Weeks, 38881 Gunner Henry Isaac Weever, 48786 Gunner E Wellard, 41692 Driver G Wells, 33266 Sergeant B W Westley, 33618 Gunner A R Westwick, 72711 Gunner H Wey, 36631 Gunner S C White, 40355 Bombardier F Williams, 64318 Bombardier G Williams, 67181 Gunner W D Williams, 68629 Gunner A Wilson, 67525 Sergeant G Wilson, 77469 Gunner W J Wilson, 68621 Gunner W Witchall, 73439 Gunner W Woodgate, 46825 Gunner F C Woodman, 26491 Gunner A A W Woodsford

71713 Shoeing Smith C L Young, 94988 Gunner H H Young, 64953 Gunner J J Young,

1st Nothumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

It's been a while since I published regimental number sequences and so here are a few regimental numbers with corresponding joining dates for men of the 1st Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. This was a Territorial Force unit which comprised the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Northumbrian Batteries.  The range below covers the period 1908 until June 1915.

309 joined on 8th April 1908
637 joined on 17th May 1909
766 joined on 3rd April 1911
1005 joined on 28th April 1913
1159 joined on 4th August 1914
1233 joined on 31st August 1914
1527 joined on 6th January 1915
1630 joined on 10th February 1915
1794 joined on the 24th April 1915
2239 joined on 2nd June 1915

For those of you not familiar with how these sequences work, the idea is that you can use the dates above to gauge the joining date of your own 1st Northumbrian Brigade Ancestor.

If, for example, you know your man served with this unit and had the regimental number 1346, it would be reasonable to assume that he joined the regiment at some time between the 31st August 1914 and the 6th January 1915.  Note that there is a subtle difference between date of attestation and date of joining, and this becomes particularly important from late 1915 onwards. A man could attest under the Derby Scheme but his number would not be issued to him until he had been mobilised.

Note too, that men joining the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Northumbrian Brigades were all issued with numbers from different series allocated to each of these units. The sequence above is ONLY for the 1st Northumbrian Brigade. My recently re-bound volume of the 1909 Army List - which is an object of beauty in its own right - states that, in 1909 at least, this unit was headquartered at Barrack Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne with the Duke of Northumberland as its Honorary Colonel

After the war, C H Ommaney wrote the Brigade history which these days is scarce but obtainable from around £75. At the time of writing, Turner Donovan books has a copy.

The image on this page shows RFA territorials, unit unknown.

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3rd Highland Howitzer Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

The 3rd Highland Howitzer Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery was a Territorial Force unit comprising the 1st and 2nd Renfrewshire Batteries and the 3rd Highland Ammunition Column. Along with the Clyde RGA (which comprised one company) it was administered by the Renfrew County Association and all had their origins in the pre-1908 Renfrewshire and Dumbartonshire RGA.

The headquarters of the Brigade and the two Renfrewshire batteries was at Greenock, and those of the ammunition column at Cathcart. This post will look at army service numbers issued to men joining the 1st and 2nd Renfrewshire Batteries between April 1908 and November 1915, albeit with noticeable gaps for some months.

Service records for all of the following numbers survive in the WO 363 (Burnt Documents) and WO 364 (Pensions) series at the National Archives in Kew, London. Also view these on-line as part of a FREE 14 day trial with Ancestry.co.uk.

1 joined on 6th April 1908
291 joined on 8th February 1909
463 joined on 11th May 1910
516 joined on 2nd March 1911
587 joined on 24th January 1912
696 joined on 1st February 1913
906 joined on 17th March 1914
967 joined on 11th September 1914
1124 joined on 15th October 1914
1251 joined on 8th April 1915
1318 joined on 17th May 1915
1413 joined on 19th July 1915
1479 joined on 11th August 1915
1576 joined on 28th October 1915
1585 joined on 4th November 1915

If anybody can help me fill in any of the gaps above, or add anything about this unit, please contact me. An artilleryman serving with Clyde RGA is commemorated on my Chailey 1914-1918 website. Read John Wilson's all-too-brief biography HERE.

The photograph shows unknown Scottish artillerymen from my WW1 postcard collection.

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