Worcestershire Regiment Prisoners of War - Other Ranks (Second 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.
Surnames E to G
Surname |
Forename/s |
Rank |
Number |
Battalion |
Captured |
POW Camp |
POW No. |
Earp |
C. W. |
Pte. |
4914637 |
1st |
1942 |
344 |
36186 |
Eaton |
W. |
Pte. |
4197139 |
- |
1940 |
20A |
8577 |
Edwards |
A. |
Pte. |
5253146 |
- |
1940 |
21B |
3554 |
Edwards |
D. G. |
Pte. |
5253147 |
1st |
1942 |
344 |
18716 |
Edwards |
J. |
Pte. |
5252625 |
- |
1940 |
20A |
6419 |
Edwards |
L. W. |
Pte. |
5253599 |
- |
1940 |
20A |
6625 |
Reginald John |
Pte. |
3714070 |
1st |
1942 |
4A |
249232 |
|
Evans |
E. |
L/Cpl. |
- |
- |
1940 |
- |
- |
Evans |
L. |
Pte. |
5252075 |
- |
1940 |
344 |
16634 |
Evans |
R. P. |
Cpl. |
5252384 |
1st |
1942 |
383 |
10946 |
Evans |
S. H. |
L/Cpl. |
5253145 |
- |
1940 |
20B |
2756 |
Exton |
L. J. |
Pte. |
5251384 |
1st |
1942 |
4F |
250122 |
Eyers |
A. |
Pte. |
4197275 |
- |
1940 |
20A & 20B |
6860 |
Eyres |
E. |
Pte. |
4197358 |
1st |
1942 |
20B |
13006 |
Fairbrother |
R. C. |
Pte. |
5117800 |
1st |
1942 |
4F |
248855 |
Fairhurst |
J. |
Pte. |
5250777 |
1st |
1942 |
4G |
262169 |
Fallows |
C. G. |
L/Cpl. |
392356 |
1st |
1942 |
344 |
15836 |
Fantom |
J. W. |
Pte. |
5117799 |
1st |
1942 |
4C |
225948 |
Farmer |
Leonard |
Pte. |
5258522 |
1st |
1942 |
7A & 4B |
132253 |
Farrington |
H. |
Pte. |
3714328 |
1st |
1942 |
_F |
31979 |
Fennell |
F. |
Pte. |
5253569 |
- |
1940 |
20A & 20B |
5749 |
Fickling |
N. |
Pte. |
5117961 |
1st |
1942 |
18A |
8754 |
Fielding |
D. |
Pte. |
5253149 |
- |
1940 |
20A & 20B |
6538 |
Finch |
Eric Henry |
Pte. |
5248958 |
1st |
1942 |
Campo 68 (Vetrella, Italy) |
died |
Finley |
R. |
Pte. |
4917365 |
- |
1940 |
8B & 344 |
12041 |
Finn |
V. H. |
Pte. |
5251448 |
1st |
1942 |
18A |
7011 |
Fisher |
A. |
Pte. |
2714035 |
1st |
1942 |
4F |
250000 |
Fisher |
A. |
Pte. |
4614426 |
1st |
1942 |
21D |
4594 |
Fisher |
R. E. |
Pte. |
5253150 |
- |
1940 |
8B & 344 |
10531 |
Fisher |
W. J. |
Pte. |
5256191 |
1st |
1942 |
4G |
253292 |
Fitzpatrick |
J. |
Pte. |
5251121 |
1st |
1942 |
17A |
155327 |
Foden |
A. |
L/Cpl. |
5248094 |
1st |
1942 |
344 |
55243 |
Ford |
L. |
Pte. |
5434876 |
1st |
1942 |
4C |
252032 |
Forrester |
H. |
Pte. |
5248113 |
1st |
1942 |
7A |
125541 |
Forsyth |
G. |
Pte. |
5253048 |
1st |
1942 |
20B |
4331 |
Foster |
C. D. J. |
Pte. |
5117982 |
1st |
1942 |
18A |
6761 |
Foster |
J. |
Pte. |
3713982 |
1st |
1942 |
18A |
8608 |
Fowkes |
J. H. |
Pte. |
5248333 |
1st |
1942 |
4A |
258550 |
France |
R. J. |
Pte. |
5253736 |
- |
1940 |
20A & 8C |
617 |
Francis |
B. |
Pte. |
4917140 |
- |
1940 |
Hospital |
- |
Freeman |
A. G. |
Pte. |
5250759 |
1st |
1942 |
18A |
8652 |
Freemantle |
H. |
Pte. |
5252363 |
- |
1940 |
8B |
12964 |
Freeth |
D. A. |
Pte. |
5251169 |
1st |
1942 |
BAB 21 |
36145 |
Frostick |
E. D. |
Pte. |
5957316 |
1st |
1942 |
357 |
34227 |
Fry |
S. J. |
Pte. |
4197168 |
1st |
1942 |
8A |
14418 |
Gale |
A. |
L/Cpl. |
5117884 |
1st |
1942 |
8C |
77041 |
Garbutt |
A. B. |
Pte. |
5252969 |
- |
1940 |
20A & 20B |
5599 |
Gardiner |
T. K. |
Pte. |
5252787 |
1st |
1942 |
20B |
5847 |
Gascoyne |
R. |
Pte. |
4197346 |
- |
1940 |
21B & BAB 21 |
3306 |
Gay |
E. R. |
Cpl. |
5249469 |
1st |
1942 |
4B |
- |
Geary |
C. E. |
Pte. |
5957319 |
1st |
1942 |
4DZ |
249480 |
Giblin |
E. |
Pte. |
5257319 |
1st |
1942 |
17A |
153744 |
Gibson |
C. |
L/Cpl. |
5117887 |
1st |
1942 |
4C |
259698 |
Charles Frederick |
Pte. |
5251375 |
1st |
1942 |
344 |
76718 |
|
Giles |
J. C. |
Pte. |
5257208 |
1st |
1942 |
18A |
7258 |
Gittins |
T. |
Pte. |
858978 |
- |
1940 |
20A & 20B |
5968 |
Glass |
S. |
Pte. |
5253163 |
- |
1940 |
20A |
8568 |
Glazebrook |
C. F. |
Pte. |
5959004 |
1st |
1942 |
7A |
125845 |
Glenister |
V. L. C. |
Pte. |
5383301 |
- |
1940 |
20A |
6544 |
Glover |
J. H. |
Pte. |
5256022 |
1st |
1942 |
4G |
251567 |
Godfrey |
J. A. |
Sgt. |
5116878 |
1st |
1942 |
4B |
248680 |
Golding |
George |
Pte. |
5252277 |
- |
1940 |
21D |
36803 |
Goldwhite |
J. W. |
Cpl. |
5115487 |
1st |
1942 |
4D |
250559 |
Goodall |
J. E. |
Pte. |
5256549 |
1st |
1942 |
8C |
80414 |
Goode |
A. H. |
Pte. |
5251336 |
- |
1940 |
BAB 20 |
13874 |
Goodwin |
W. |
Pte. |
5252011 |
1st |
1942 |
BAB 21 |
2938 |
Gough |
D. |
Pte. |
5251438 |
1st |
1942 |
4F |
250635 |
Gowlett |
H. J. |
Pte. |
5256661 |
1st |
1942 |
18A |
6741 |
Graham |
W. |
Pte. |
4917378 |
- |
1940 |
20A & Oflag 79 |
925 |
Grange |
D. |
Pte. |
4197170 |
- |
1940 |
20B |
5768 |
Grant |
J. |
Pte. |
4197328 |
- |
1940 |
21B & 344 |
3888 |
Gray |
R. F. |
Pte. |
5957330 |
1st |
1942 |
4A |
248849 |
Greaves |
L. |
Pte. |
4197197 |
1st |
1942 |
20B |
20747 |
Green |
A. |
Pte. |
5246881 |
1st |
1942 |
344 |
15463 |
Green |
F. |
Pte. |
5257011 |
1st |
1942 |
4A |
249296 |
Green |
Harry |
Pte. |
862466 |
8th |
1940 |
20B |
12261 |
Green |
S. |
Pte. |
4915373 |
- |
1940 |
11H |
- |
Gregg |
J. |
Pte. |
5252776 |
- |
1940 |
Military Hospital, Ghent |
- |
Griffin |
J. |
L/Cpl. |
4915694 |
- |
1940 |
21B & 21D |
3309 |
Griffin |
R. W. |
Pte. |
5253111 |
1st |
1942 |
344 |
9809 |
Griffiths |
A. |
Pte. |
5257315 |
1st |
1942 |
7A |
129883 |
Griffiths |
H. |
Cpl. |
4855536 |
1st |
1942 |
344 |
18360 |
Griffiths |
J. |
Pte. |
523636 |
- |
1940 |
Not Known |
- |
Griffiths |
T. |
Pte. |
5253162 |
- |
1940 |
20A |
16345 |
Grimes |
W. |
Pte. |
4614561 |
1st |
1942 |
21A |
4591 |
Grove |
J. W. |
Pte. |
5252712 |
1st |
1942 |
344 |
15307 |
Groves |
E. S. |
Pte. |
5253306 |
1st |
1942 |
17A |
154452 |
Groves |
F. E. |
Pte. |
5256020 |
1st |
1942 |
4A |
258393 |
Groves |
P. J. |
Pte. |
842556 |
1st |
1942 |
4A |
253865 |
Gunn |
W. |
Pte. |
5250690 |
1st |
1942 |
17A |
154427 |
Gwilliam |
H. F. |
L/Cpl. |
5251186 |
1st |
1942 |
344 |
10819 |
Gwinnell |
H. D. |
Pte. |
6204638 |
1st |
1942 |
4DZ |
248946 |
Note:
Private Eric Henry Finch (5248958) became ill while at Campo 68, Vetrella, Italy. He was taken to a Military Hospital in Rome where he died on the 12th January 1943.