According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, over 8 million soldiers were taken prisoner during the First World War of which almost 200,000 were British Soldiers. There are far fewer sources of information for these men than their Second World War counterparts, with little or no formal records kept from the War Office.
The information within these particular records were recorded by the men’s captors and were often originally recorded in German – and so the language barrier between the captor and prisoner can result in some very interesting records – but despite this the records are usually helpful, combining military and personal information of the servicemen.
Please be aware that due to the way we collate, and cross reference our databases, some records will contain more information than that listed above.
Original Source: Various sources including original National Archives & International Red Cross lists