UK, British Officer Prisoners of War, 1914-1918

Source Information

Ancestry.com. UK, British Officer Prisoners of War, 1914-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Original data: British Officers Taken Prisoner of War Aug.1914 - Nov.1918. Uckfield, East Sussex: The Naval & Military Press.

About UK, British Officer Prisoners of War, 1914-1918

This database contains a listing of World War I British Army prisoners of war (POW). Information provided about them includes:

Name

Rank

Regiment

POW number

Date Missing
Repatriation Date

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