Behind the Wire, The Great War 1914-18 – 2208 Pte A Cox, 3H
Arthur was ‘Officially reported as missing and unofficially reported as a Prisoner of War’ on the 14th of December 1914.
Arthur was ‘Officially reported as missing and unofficially reported as a Prisoner of War’ on the 14th of December 1914.
Thomas Grassick was captured at Mons on the 24th of August 1914.
Immediately after the capitulation the British and Australian troops stayed in their units beside the roads.
Captain J.M. Bentley-Taylor, M.C. of the 3rd The King’s Own Hussars kept a meticulous diary of his time commanding ‘B’ Squadron when they were prisoners of war of the Japanese in Java.
Edward Ryan fled his home in Ireland during the troubles of the 1920s across the Irish Sea to England where he joined the British Army as a boy recruit at the age of 14.