Royal Scots Fusiliers - other rank PoWs 1914

This is an edited roll of Other Ranks serving with the Royal Scots Fusiliers who were captured by the enemy and became Prisoners of War on or before the 25th December 1914. Read more about this data source on my 1914 PoWs page.

This data has been transcribed from a single source held at the Imperial War Museum, namely B.O.2 1/297  My full transcription (not reproduced here) also contains the following information against some or all of the names:


Home address
Battalion
Date of capture
Date of repatriation
Next of kin
Next of kin's address
Notes
Transcriber's notes

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9340 Corporal H Adams 
6340 Private J Adams 
6360 Private J Adeno 
6466 Private James Airlie 
8516 Private W Alder 
10537 Private J Alexander 
10173 Private T K Allan 
4647 Private A Anderson 
7809 Private C H Archer 
10450 Private P Arnott 
7362 Private J Auld 
8981 Private G Bailey 
6278 Private W Baillie 
10302 Private H Baird 
7895 Corporal W Bambridge 
10705 Private T Bathe 
9110 Private J T Batt 
8063 Private W Baxter 
7754 Sergeant J Bedford 
10819 Private Henry Beinstadt 
10213 Lance-Corporal H Bell 
10015 Private J Bell 
6830 Lance-Corporal T Bell 
8506 Private W Bell 
4771 Private A H Bellmaine 
6060 Private T Bemrose 
8345 Private J Bennett 
8343 Private G W Berry 
9475 Private R Berry 
8473 Private Alexander Blair 
8145 Private J Bowie 
8323 Private Percy Bowsher 
7421 Private Robert Brabrook 
8247 Private J Brakewell 
10453 Private J Bray 
8496 Private P J Breadon 
10452 Corporal C A Brewer 
6418 Private J Brown 
6456 Private William Brown 
7963 Pte G Brunt 
6615 Private J Brydon 
10206 Private J Bryle 
5487 Private J Buchanan 
6446 Sergeant H G Bucher
9877 Private John Buckett 
8883 Private A Bunce 
5898 Private T Burne 
10067 Private T Burns
9299 Lance-Corporal R Burrows 
9399 Private Edward F OR Edgar F Burt 
9052 Private H Burt 
8929 Corporal H B Butcher 
8877 Private W Butler 
9624 Sergeant E Cable 
6145 Private J Cairns
9948 Sergeant T Cairns 
6687 Private J Caldwell 
10847 Private G Campbell 
7430 Private H Campbell 
9584 Private James Campbell 
6016 Private Rodger Campbell 
10654 Corporal T Capewell
9964 Private Alexander Carnehan 
10372 Private J C Carney 
6684 Private H Cassidy 
7748 Private J E Chatterton 
7667 Private T Christie 
9466 Private G T Clark 
7882 Private John Clark 
8948 Private W Clark 
7485 Corporal F Clarke 
6462 Private J Clarke 
10255 Lance-Corporal E Coleman 
9625 Private J Collins 
6427 Acting Corporal T Collins 
6700 Private J Connolly 
10512 Private H Conroy 
6321 Private F G Cooper 
9192 Private F J Cooper 
9228 Private J Cooper 
8890 Sergeant Cornhill 
8812 Corporal A Cornish 
10741 Private A Coultart 
9966 Private A C Courtney 
6267 Private H Coyle 
10515 Private T Coyle 
9680 Private J Craig 
7995 Private J Critchlow 
10225 Corporal J E Cront 
10620 Private H Cross 
9840 Private W E Cruickshank 
9017 Private A Currell 
5591 Private J Currie 
11034 Private L Cutler 
6524 Private Ernest H Dagless 
7779 Corporal M Dalaney 
7660 Lance-Corporal W Dalby 
5647 Private W J Dallas 
10135 Private Felix Darcey 
8891 Private W Daury 
10540 Private Frederick De Rome 
8501 Private G Dearman 
7999 Private P C Defrates 
7021 Private M Dempsey 
9602 Private W Dennitto 
10116 Lance-Corporal D Dickie 
8917 Private J A Dillon 
10354 Private C Disckson 
6693 Private J Dobson 
10360 Private S Dodwell 
8244 Private D Donaldson 
8828 Private J Donaldson 
7782 Private J Donnelly 
7492 Private A Douglas 
6723 Private Joseph A Dowling 
6904 Private Arthur Downs 
9961 Private A Drinkwater 
10032 Private L Drury 
9036 Private W S Dudley 
9071 Lance-Corporal W Duffield 
8935 Private T Duffy 
8554 Private A Duncan 
8740 Lance-Sergeant D Duncan 
11077 Private J Duncan 
8321 Private W Duncan 
9717 Private J W J Dye
 9211 Private H Early 
8205 Private H East 
4453 Private J Easton 
7319 Private J Eaton 
6847 Private J Eaton 
8422 Sergeant F Edlin 
7216 Private R Edwards 
9279 Private C Elgram 
8057 Private W Ellam 
9027 Private J Elliott 
7007 Private J Ellis 
10967 Private G Elwell 
Private W A Emery 
9267 Drummer J English 
10401 Private E Fahy 
8007 Private A Fairclough 
8412 Lance-Corporal S E Fanes 
7971 Private H Farrow 
10153 Private J Fegan 
5202 Private S Fegan 
9439 Private J Feilding 
9981 Private G Fensome 
10780 Private A Fergus 
7701 Private J Ferguson 
10417 Private J Ferguson 
9251 Private T Fisher 
10836 Private W Fisher 
10535 Private J Fitzpatrick 
10823 Private R Flemming 
6364 Private G Forsyth 
9576 Private A Franklin 
9007 Private F Franklin
 8016 Private J Franks 
7515 Private J Fraser 
10844 Private J Frew 
10721 Private E Friary 
9838 Private A Fyfe 
8579 Private R Gallagher 
9959 Lance-Corporal R Gardener 
10629 Corporal T J Gaynor 
5656 Private W H George 
10275 Private T Gibb 
10744 Private R Gibson 
8084 Private P Gilmore 
10773 Private David Girvan 
8675 Private E Glanville 
10323 Private W Glenn 
10748 Lance-Corporal Albert Gobell 
6617 Private F Gorman 
9938 Lance-Corporal P G Gorringe 
10259 Private J Gough 
9111 Private F Goulder 
6138 Private G Graham 
8660 Private J Graham 
9167 Lance-Corporal J Greenwood 
8054 Private A Gregg 
8556 Private G Grieve 
7898 Private J Guest 
8218 Private J H Hall 
10962 Private Harold Halliday 
10603 Private W Halliman 
9153 Private J Hamilton 
7372 Private J Hannan 
11071 Corporal William Hanslip 
8070 Private James Hardie 
10627 Private Thomas Harris 
10827 Private Harold Hemm 
10469 Private A Henderson 
9456 Private R Henderson 
8882 Private A R Herbert 
8059 Private S Heron 
10304 Private Edwin Hodson 
5874 Private Harry Holdsworth 
9436 Private W Holsgrove 
7013 Sergeant William W Home 
7961 Private Frederick G Hooper 
6894 Private Joseph Hopkins
10860 Private D Horne 
10384 Private A Howell 
9002 Private Richard Howell 
9078 Private G Hudson 
7907 Private George Hudson 
6533 Private Andrew Huldberg 
Private D Hume 
10129 Private A Hunter 
7010 Private R Hunter 
10438 Private W Hunter 
6277 Private Thomas Hutton 
8017 Private W Inglis 
5310 CQMS A Johnston 
6568 Corporal E Johnston 
9513 Private P Johnston 
 8502 Lance-Corporal J J Johnstone 
8442 Private S Johnstone 
6234 Private W Johnstone 
9688 Private T Jukes 
9794 Corporal W T Jupp 
7340 Private H Keir 
7266 Private T Kelly 
11092 Private J Kennedy 
9207 Private E J Kent 
9482 Private J Kimber 
10029 Private L Kimberley 
9287 Private A J J King 
10215 Private G King 
7185 Corporal P King 
5167 Private John Kinnon 
6630 Private J Kirkham 
6826 Private T Kirkland 
10338 Corporal W Kirkland 
9559 Private J Kydd 
7749 Private G Langdown 
8051 Private G H Laurence 
9100 Private A Lawrence 
9577 Lance-Corporal Thomas H Ledgett 
7745 Private P Lennox 
10994 Private A Lester 
8853 Private P Lewis 
8756 Private E Lightheart 
7432 Private J Little 
9872 Bandsman J N Lock 
6519 Private Thomas Lonie 
8171 Private P Love 
7122 Private S Lunt 
10146 Private D Lyle 
6635 Private E Lynas 
8714 Private A Mackenzie 
8174 Private G Malone 
9028 Private H Malone 
7950 Private J Mann 
6148 Private W Mann 
9700 Private T Manners 
7146 Private W J Marsh 
11098 Private G J Marshall 
9919 Lance-Sergeant A C Martin 
1108 Private G Martin 
8880 Private G F Martin 
7179 Private A Mathieson 
8679 Private W May 
7840 Private J McArthur 
7472 Corporal P McAulay 
10490 Private D McCallum 
10498 Private M McCallum 
8222 Private J McCann 
9929 Private George McClarnon 
7062 Private J McClement 
6845 Private A McClure 
8841 Private R McCutcheon 
9519 Private William McDermott 
7407 Private F McDonald 
6870 Private J McDonald
10293 Private R McDonald 
9459 Private J McDonough
9511 Private A McDougall 
8876 Private A G McEwan 
10226 Private A McGarva 
10485 Private J McGinlay 
9696 Private W McGregor 
8191 Private W McGuigan 
8629 Private A McIntyre 
10086 Private P McKay 
9004 Private L F McKeever 
10237 Private John McKerrow 
9467 Private W McKinn 
10919 Private H McLaughlan 
7730 Private D McMillan 
10262 Acting Sergeant Robert McNaught 
10218 Private Edward McNeill 
10558 Private A McRoberts 
10451 Private John McRosty 
7361 Private G McWalter 
6342 Acting Sergeant W Mead 
8294 Lance-Corporal G E Mealing 
7295 Private A Meechan
6697 Private A M Meikle 
7841 Private John Meiklejohn 
10568 Private A Menzies 
10230 Private E S Meredith 
5919 Sergeant G W Metcalfe 
8475 Private W T Miles 
6015 Private A Miller 
6579 Private J Miller 
7451 Private W Miller 
9508 Private D Mitchell 
5754 CSM D Mitchell 
10578 Private W Montgomery 
9971 Private R Moore 
8355 Private W E Morley 
9932 Private S Morris 
8064 Private F Mortimer 
7088 Private Ernest W H Mower 
9588 Private Joseph Muirhead 
9629 Private H Mungall
8644 Private W Murray 
7778 Private G Nash 
8509 Private J Nathan 
10362 Private J Navrie 
6384 Private R Nelson 
7484 Private Thomas Nerney 
9953 Private C H Newall 
8230 Corporal C H Newport 
10227 Private H Nineham 
8892 Private Thomas G Niner 
4788 Sergeant Arthur Norman 
8049 Private J O'Brien 
7736 Private W O'Connor 
9791 Private John Orman 
8515 Private James Ormerod 
9077 Lance-Corporal S Osborne 
10347 Private Edward Owen 
9666 Private S Owen 
6180 Private Philip James Packer 
6987 Private J Parker 
9390 Private H A D Patterson 
9380 Lance-Corporal W Patterson 
10572 Private A Peibles 
8976 Private William J A Perkins 
9607 Private M Philomay 
11009 Private G Phipps 
9443 Lance-Corporal S Picton 
10846 Private A Polson 
6915 Private Frederick Powell 
9956 Private T Powell 
10245 Private A J Pyne 
8597 Private A Quail 
10365 Private J Quigley 
6628 Private J Quin 
7453 Private T Rainbird 
10392 Private T Rattray 
9314 Private A E Razey 
8363 Private F Read 
10268 Private John Reilly 
8580 Private M Reilly 
10103 Lance-Sergeant A Reppington 
10192 Lance-Corporal J Richardson 
10609 Corporal S J Ricketts 
9914 Lance-Corporal Percy Riddle 
10279 Private Hugh Riley 
11001 Private S J Riley 
10517 Private W Ritchie 
6948 Sergeant T G Roberts 
6447 Private J Roberts 
 9328 Private J Robertson 
10659 Private J Robertson 
10765 Private T Robertson 
10559 Corporal W Robertson 
9832 Private James Robson 
10881 Private Arthur E Rogers 
10115 Private W Ross 
9367 Private J Roxburgh 
10488 Private Edward Ryder 
8086 Private C Sadler 
10231 Private H Samms 
10248 Private A Savage 
10647 Private J Scallon 
9733 Private J H Scarborough 
6661 Private T Scott 
6421 Private J Shields 
8441 Private Joseph Shulver 
10503 Private C W G Shuttle 
10216 Private W Siddons 
7333 Private J Simpson 
8618 Private P Sinclair 
7881 Private J Slaven 
10611 Private David Slavin 
6649 Private J Sloan 
7896 Private H Smith 
8927 Private H J Smith 
9653 Lance-Corporal H J Smith 
7833 Private J Smith 
10792 Corporal J Smith 
5511 Private R Smith 
7318 Private W Smith 
10188 Private W E Smith 
7926 Lance-Corporal H Smythe 
7153 Private J G Southern 
8053 Private T Southern 
8402 Private M H Stanborough 
9256 Private C Starkie 
10399 Private J Steedman 
6756 Private P Steele 
5344 Private Sydney B Stephens 
7861 Private A Stevens 
6897 Private M Summers 
8916 Private F W Sutton 
9621 Private D Tait 
9744 Private J Taylor 
9015 Private A Thompson 
6004 Private E Thomson 
8158 Private S Thomson 
9665 Private T Thomson 
9421 Private W Thomson
6414 Private D Thonbull 
9181 Private Albert Thorn 
8555 Private John Thornton 
9690 Private F T Threadgould 
9226 Lance-Corporal J H Thurstow 
7495 Private P A Titmas 
10878 Private J J Treadway 
6733 Private H Tucknott 
Private Alexander Turner 
7801 Private J Turner 
9830 Private J Urquhart 
9066 Lance-Corporal T Varley 
10889 Private J Venable 
10461 Private R Vernon 
9042 Private A Vincent 
8023 Private G Walker 
10301 Private J Walker 
8508 Lance-Corporal J Wallace 
10396 Private J Walls 
6560 Private E Ward 
8284 Lance-Corporal F Ward 
8337 Private J Warner 
5375 Private C Warren 
7856 Private H Watson 
16138 Private J H Watson 
9681 Private T Watson
8739 Sergeant W Watson 
5455 Private J Watt 
8919 Private A Weaving 
7755 Lance-Corporal H Whittington 
9132 Private H Wiggs 
11091 Private J Wightman 
8905 Private F Wilkinson 
6502 Private J Wilkinson 
6359 Private M Wilkinson 
8207 Private G Williams 
9807 Private P Williamson 
8075 Private A Wilson 
7265 Private J Wilson 
9530 Private T Wilson 
10857 Private T Wishart 
8893 Private George A Withers 
10641 Private E A Wood 
10700 Private J Wrigley

Royal Scots Fusiliers - 3rd (Special Reserve) Bn

This post will look at numbering in the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers between its formation in 1908 and the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914.
The 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion was the natural heir of the 3rd Militia battalion and like the majority of Special and Extra Reserve battalions, continued with the same number series that had been used by its militia ancestor. A glance at 1908 enlistments for the 3rd (SR) Battalion shows a whole range of numbers dating way back into the 1890s.

Coincidentally, the regiment's two Territorial Force Battalions - the 4th and 5th Battalions - when they were formed in April 1908, also continued with the number series that had been in use by their Volunteer Battalion predecessors.

All of the information below is taken from surviving service records in the WO 363 and WO364 series at the National Archives - and now available on-line via Ancestry.co.uk.

4111 joined on 2nd August 1908 (but he had originally joined the 3rd Militia Battalion in March 1899 and the number dates to then).
5617 joined on 15th May 1909
5937 joined on 2nd April 1910
6162 joined on 13th April 1911
6342 joined on 22nd February 1912
6571 joined on 9th June 1913
6678 joined on 5th January 1914
6831 joined on 8th August 1914

Also see my post on numbering in the regular battalions of the Royal Scots Fusiliers between 1881 and 1914.

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Royal Scots Fusiliers - 1st & 2nd Battalions

This post will look at army service numbers and the dates on which they were issued to men joining the regular battalions - the 1st and 2nd Battalions - of the Royal Scots Fusiliers between 1882 and June 1914.

There are over 33,000 Royal Scots Fusiliers service and pension records (for this regiment - and its antecedents) in various War Office series held at the National Archives. Clicking on the link will take you to the results on Findmypast but you will need a subscription or Pay-Per-View credits to actually view the records. Some of these records can also be viewed on-line on Ancestry although Findmypast has by far the most comprehensive service record collection.

Use the regimental numbers and dates on which these were issued, below, to determine parameters for when your own Royal Scots Fusiliers ancestor would have joined up. Note though that these numbers are only for regular enlistments. Special Reserve and Territorial Force battalions operated completely separate regimental number sequences.

Prior to July 1881 The Royal Scots Fusiliers had been (since a name change in 1877) the 21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot. My data currently begins in 1882 and so that's where I'll start from.

86 joined on 12th July 1882
222 joined on 16th January 1883
710 joined on 2nd May 1884
1068 joined on 14th March 1885
1428 joined on 22nd February 1886
2018 joined on 29th April 1887
2255 joined on 23rd February 1888
2509 joined on 8th January 1889
2794 joined on 13th February 1890
3329 joined on 18th April 1891
3629 joined on 18th April 1892
4100 joined on 21st April 1893
4517 joined on 20th February 1894

4556 Pte Arthur Prestwood joined the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers on 24th April 1894 and would spend the majority of his early military career in India, seeing service during the Punjab Frontier, Samana and Tirah campaigns in the late 1890s. Working his way through the ranks and finishing as Colour Sergeant, Arthur Prestwood was commissioned in August 1914, landed in France on 15th September 1914 and was severely wounded at Hooge the following June. After recuperating he spent the remainder of the war with the 3rd RSF in England. He retired from the army in 1921 and died, aged 94 in 1970. I hold Captain Prestwood's medals and you can read more about him on my British Army Medals blog.

4822 joined on 2nd January 1895
5089 joined on 4th February 1896
5437 joined on 8th July 1897
5728 joined on 8th February 1898
6012 joined on 24th January 1899
6492 joined on 5th January 1900
6728 joined on 20th March 1901
7046 joined on 4th January 1902
7386 joined on 6th January 1903
8067 joined on 29th January 1904
8518 joined on 10th January 1905
8762 joined on 27th January 1906
9439 joined on 4th July 1907
9639 joined on 29th June 1908
9824 joined on 23rd February 1909
10173 joined on 29th July 1910
10352 joined on 4th April 1911
10563 joined on 26th February 1912
10851 joined on 7th May 1913
11089 joined on 20th June 1914

Six weeks later, when Britain went to war with Germany, the newly forming service battalions issued numbers from the same series that had, up until that point, been used solely by the two regular battalions of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.

Photo: unknown WW1 era soldier from the author's collection.

Also see: Royal Scots Fusiliers - 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion 1908-1914

Further Reading

Historical Record and Regimental Memoir of the Royal Scots Fusiliers

The History of the Royal Scots Fusiliers 1678-1918


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