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 25th JANUARY 2015
Surnames C to D
Surname |
Forename/s |
Rank |
Number |
Battalion |
Captured |
POW Camp |
POW No. |
Candelent |
Thomas |
Pte. |
53077 |
3rd |
27/05/1918 |
Limburg |
- |
Chiles |
Edward F. W. |
Pte. |
72096 |
4th |
?/03/1918 |
Hanover |
- |
Connor |
Charles |
Pte. |
9121 |
1st |
25/03/1918 |
Sagan & Heilsburg |
- |
Cox |
G. H. |
Pte. |
203368 |
10th |
10/04/1919 |
Lamsdorf |
- |
Cund |
Harvey |
Pte. |
30224 |
3rd |
- |
- |
- |
Cutts |
Arthur |
Pte. |
9878 |
2nd |
12/08/1916 |
- |
- |
Davies |
Ernest |
Pte. |
22315 |
9th |
- |
- |
- |
Dodd |
Archie |
Pte. |
10087 |
2nd |
- |
- |
- |
Duff |
Abraham |
Pte. |
42315 |
1st |
- |
- |
- |
Notes:
Private Charles Connor (DOB 02/09/1894) - 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment ('B' Company) - Service Number 9121. Was captured at St Quentin on the 25/03/1918. Places of Internment, present in the camp of Darmstadt coming from Lazaret Piennes according to list dated 05/06/1918 - transferred to Camp of Sagan according to list dated 12/06/1918 - transferred to camp of Heilsburg according to list dated 07/09/1918.
Private G. H. Cox was captured at Messines. He was employed on work behind the German lines, unloading coal trucks at Laon and St. Gaubert and other places. He reported sick in May 1918 and was sent to the hospital on the 1st September 1918 suffering from diarrhoea. He died on the 14th October 1918. The Post-Mortem stated cause of death as; Chronic dysenteric colitis and great emaciation (starvation).
Private Archie Dodd served in "A" Company, 2nd Battalion. Died age 28. Died as a prisoners of war.
Private Harvey Cund repatriated on the 30th November 1918 landed at Hull on ship "s.s. Archangel".
Private Abraham Duff repatriated on the 30th November 1918 landed at Hull on ship "s.s. Archangel". Number also quoted as 42313 on repatriation document.