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Recipients of Prisoner of War (escapee) awards
Recipients of Prisoner of War (escapee) awards
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 2234 Private Northumberland Regiment 2nd Battalion
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Born 1893
Australian Imperial Force 400 Private 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry Prisoner of war escapee
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British Army E/1132 Private Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion
British Army Private 17th Royal Fusiliers
More about Gordon Miles -
Born 1892
Died 1965
British Army Captain Royal Engineers Prisoner of War (Defence of Kut-al-Amarah)
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers, Chatham, Kent
British Army Captain Royal Engineers
More about Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley -
Born 1892
Died 1965
British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment
British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment
More about Humphrey Willis Chetwode Lloyd -
Born 1891
Died 1950
British Army Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
British Army Captain Dorsetshire Regiment
More about Frederic Robbins Ellis -
Born 1890
Died 1972
British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army Captain Kent Regiment Prisoner of War (Kut-al-Amarah)
More about Victor Scamander Clarke -
Born 1888
Australian Imperial Force Captain Mesopotamia Half Flight, Australian Flying Corps Taken prisoner near Baghdad
More about Thomas Walter White, D.f.c. -
Born 1878
British Army Captain Royal Munster Fusiliers (Interned in Switzerland after escaping)
British Army Captain Royal Munster Fusiliers (Prisoner of War)
British Army Captain 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth
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British Army Temporary Captain 1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
British Army Temporary Major 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
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British Army 4527 Private Liverpool Regiment
British Army 306954 Private 1/8th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment
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British Army Lieutenant 4th Dragons Guards
British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps
British Army Major Royal Flying Corps
More about Alexander Gallaher -
Born 1895
Died 1985
British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment
British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment Taken Prisoner of War at Armentieres, 21/10/1914
More about Brian Gwynne Horrocks -
Born 1895
Died 1947
British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment
British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment
More about Gualter Hugh Roger Bellingham Somerville -
Born 1886
British Army 12385 Private (Recalled Reservist) Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion
British Army 12385 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion
British Army 12385 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1969
Royal Navy 5/3303 Able Seaman Collingwood Battalion, Royal Naval Division
More about Roland Hookham