Worcestershire Regiment Officers taken as Prisoners of War (Second World War)
Below is a list of all Worcestershire Regiment officers who were captured and spent time in a Prisoner of War Camp. The details include their rank at the time of capture, the battalion they were serving with and the POW Camp they were finally held at until the end of the war.
Surname |
Forename/s |
Rank |
Number |
Battalion |
POW Camp |
POW No. |
Betts |
John Francis |
Capt. |
79030 |
7th |
Oflag 7B |
1602 |
Binyon |
Edward Mario Bertram |
Lieut. |
76670 |
- |
Oflag 7B |
504 |
Boulter |
Richard Henry |
Lieut. |
105533 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1675 |
Bowen |
Thomas Jim |
Capt. |
100229 |
1st |
Stalag 7A |
128972 |
Broad |
Cecil |
Lieut. |
226919 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1688 |
Brooke-Johnson |
St. John Carslake |
Lieut. |
177691 |
att. SAS |
Oflag 9A/Z |
1640 |
Roger Eustace |
Lieut. |
78019 |
8th |
Oflag 9A/Z |
1591 |
|
Doyle |
Brian Courtenay |
Lieut. |
121804 |
- |
Oflag 7B |
763 |
Garrard |
Henry John |
Lieut. |
201141 |
- |
Stalag 7A |
128975 |
Gratton |
Joseph Richard |
Lieut. |
89305 |
8th |
Oflag 7B |
548 |
Hall |
Reginald John Ratcliff |
Lieut. |
179792 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
918 |
Harding |
Philip George |
Capt. |
105069 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
- |
Desmond B. |
Capt. |
77638 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1882 |
|
Horton |
Joshua John |
Lieut. |
194592 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1697 |
Humphrey |
Walter Thomas |
Lieut. |
203445 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
988 |
Hutchinson |
Thomas Losh |
Capt. |
124195 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1188 |
Jacomb |
Brian Lloyd Bernard |
Capt. |
69273 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1586 |
James |
Anthony Howard |
Capt. |
71335 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1348 |
King |
Arthur Leslie |
2/Lieut. |
203444 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1161 |
King |
Robert |
Lieut. |
228383 |
- |
Oflag 79 |
2112 |
Leigh |
Kenneth Graham |
Lieut. |
121448 |
8th |
Oflag 7B |
898 |
Leitch |
H. G. |
Capt. |
71904 |
8th |
Oflag 7B |
588 |
Lynes |
Frederick Norman |
Lieut. |
220622 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1674 |
Malden |
Raymond Barry |
Lieut. |
121807 |
- |
Oflag 7B |
607 |
Mountford |
Victor Roy William |
Lieut. |
242990 |
8th |
Oflag 75 |
1364 |
Nicholls |
John Houlton |
Lieut. |
72999 |
8th |
Oflag 7B |
626 |
Norbrook |
Gordon Robert Ellis |
Lieut. |
134128 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1177 |
Nott |
Donald Harley |
Major |
39477 |
1st |
Stalag 7A |
128965 |
Plowright |
Leslie Kenneth John |
Lieut. |
105537 |
1st |
Oflag 5A |
2950 |
Ramsay |
Frank Stewart |
Major |
18103 |
8th |
Oflag 9A/H |
678 |
Rock |
Neville Winston |
Lieut. |
129569 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1687 |
Ross |
Charles William |
Lieut. |
289709 |
- |
Stalag 7A |
128955 |
Sargeant |
Henry William |
Capt. |
77637 |
1st |
Oflag 5A |
3073/36 |
Seabrook |
Thomas John W. |
A/Capt. |
- |
7th |
- |
- |
Stewart |
Alexander |
2/Lieut. |
201442 |
1st |
Oflag 5A |
2783 |
Tuckey |
Robert Edgar L. |
Major |
17624 |
1st |
Oflag 7B |
128964 |
Vaughan |
John S. |
Capt. |
62960 |
8th |
Oflag 7B |
703 |
Watts |
Lionel James Prees |
Lieut. |
184761 |
- |
Oflag 79 |
998 |
Weeks |
Richard Anthony |
Lieut. |
89338 |
1st |
Stalag 7A |
128973 |
Whitaker |
C. M. A. |
Lieut. |
73428 |
7th |
Oflag 7B |
691 |
Williams |
Arthur Leslie |
Lieut. |
155687 |
1st |
Oflag 79 |
1069 |
Notes:
A/Captain T. J. W. Seabrook was severely wounded and taken prisoner. As a result of his wounds, he lost an arm and was repatriated to England in October 1943, under the Geneva Convention.
Camp Number |
Location |
Oflag 5A |
Weinburg (Wurtemburg) |
Oflag 7B |
Eichstatt |
Oflag 79 |
Braunschweig (formerly Oflag 8F) |
Oflag 9A/Z |
Rotenburg Fulda |
Stalag 7A |
Moosburg (Isar) |