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".

 

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