Worcestershire Regiment Prisoners of War - Other Ranks (First World War)
Below is a list of all Worcestershire Regiment other ranks who were captured and spent time in a Prisoner of War Camp or were held as prisoners by the enemy. 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.
LIST WAS LAST UPDATED ON THE 5th July 2016
Surnames A to B
Surname |
Forename/s |
Rank |
Number |
Battalion |
Captured |
POW Camp |
POW No. |
Adams |
Alfred Edmund |
Sgt. |
70617 |
- |
1914 |
- |
- |
Arnold |
F. |
Pte. |
- |
7th |
- |
- |
- |
Baker |
Harold F. |
Pte. |
52257 |
1st |
- |
- |
- |
Bastin |
Frank |
Pte. |
241977 |
2/8th |
- |
- |
- |
Billings |
William |
L/Cpl. |
23506 |
10th |
- |
- |
- |
Bradshaw |
Ernest |
Pte. |
41952 |
3rd |
- |
- |
- |
Broughton |
Charles |
Pte. |
9109 |
10th |
21/04/1918 |
Limburg |
- |
Bowdler |
William |
Pte. |
40741 |
- |
- |
Ohrdruf |
- |
Box |
Sidney Charles |
Pte. |
27262 |
2nd |
18/04/1918 |
Parchim Münster II |
- |
Budge |
Harry |
Pte. |
25842 |
10th |
10/04/1918 |
Termonde & Dülmen |
- |
Burt |
Francis |
Pte. |
36563 |
1st |
28/05/1918 |
- |
- |
Buss |
Christopher |
Pte. |
8847 |
3rd |
- |
- |
- |
Byrd |
Harry Abel |
L/Cpl. |
202859 |
3rd |
23/03/1918 |
Dülmen |
- |
Notes:
Pte. Charles Broughton (9109) died 29/10/1918 whilst a prisoner of war in Hospital at Grossen.
Pte. Sidney (Sydney) Charles Box (27262) was wounded in the right foot at Neuve Eglise on the 13th April 1918. Taken prisoner on the 18th April and first went to Parchim POW Camp before being moved to Münster II POW camp. Repatriated on the 30th November 1918 landed at Hull on ship "s.s. Archangel".
Pte. Harold F. Baker (52257) Repatriated on the 30th November 1918 landed at Hull on ship "s.s. Archangel".