Army Order 193 of 1919 permitted the retrospective granting of gallantry awards for services in captivity; this community tries to bring together the recipients. The Army Order clearly recognised that many acts of gallantry and devotion to duty had previously gone unrecognised, because they were unwitnessed, or because those who had witnessed them were prisoners of war. It allowed rewards for services in the Field, some of which were awarded two or more years after the action being recognised, and for services whilst a Prisoner of War.
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British Army 7789 Lance Serjeant Suffolk Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 7789 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 5819210 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Suffolk Regiment 1st Battalion
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Born 1880
British Army 12522 Private Coldstream Guards
Born 1893
Died 1972
British Army 4664 Private Lincolnshire Regiment
British Army 20867 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 5th Battalion
British Army 241434 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 5th Battalion
British Army 7193 Private London Regiment 29th lond Battalion
British Army RS/7193 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion
British Army 1425 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport
British Army 459264 Corporal Royal Engineers
Born 1891
Died 1979
British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment
Born 1886
Died 1965
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery
British Army 4587 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion
British Army 281922 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion
British Army 281922 Private London Regiment 4th battalion, lond Battalion
British Army 5166 Private Royal Fusiliers 12th Battalion
British Army 5166 Private Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion
Born 1894
Died 1958
British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers 2nd Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion
British Army Captain Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion
Born 1882
British Army 9524 Private Northumberland Regiment Reservist, captured at Mons
Born 1892
Died 1980
British Army 3224 Private London Regiment
Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R. Armoured Cars
British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders 3rd gordon highland Battalion
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Born 1889
Died 1981
British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment
British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment
British Army Captain and Brevet Major Gloucestershire Regiment and Staff
British Army 1939 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment
British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment Prisoner of War, Turkey
Born 1896
Died 1942
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 03036 Wing Commander Royal Air Force
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) France 7th August 1915
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers Taken prisoner of war (very briefly!) and escaped
British Army L/10502 Lance Corporal Depot Royal Fusiliers
British Army 10502 now 128776 Private Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion
Born 1894
Died 1975
British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment