16th Battalion C.E.F. Prisoners of War (Part 2)

Barbed wire, familiar to all soldiers on the Western Front and elsewhere. The barbed wire symbol, in this instance of French origin, was sometimes used by Prisoners of War veteran’s organizations.

...the enemy opened a heavy bombing attack against the left flank. Sergeant Slessor was wounded and captured – he died three days afterwards. His post was overwhelmed. Only after hard fighting was this onslaught stopped and the block retaken. (Urquhart, The Sixteenth, page 183)

See also Behind the Wire 1915 and Behind the Wire 1918.

(DATES OF CAPTURE IN BOLD)

19 July 1916

Warren, John Henry
Private     130200
Released 12 December 1919

8 October 1916

Balfour, Robert
Private     420377
Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War 12 October 1916
Gunshot wound – head
Held as Prisoner of War at Marcoing, Nord, France
Son of Mr. & Mrs. R. Balfour, Easterbank, Forfar, Scotland
Buried St. Souplet British Cemetery, Nord, France. Age 23

Boyle, Thomas Edward
Private     700073
Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War 21 December 1916
Gunshot wound – back. Also reported as wounded in hip when caught in barbed wire entanglement
Held at Festungs, Koln, Germany
Only son of Thomas H. and Beatrice Boyle, 309 Redwood Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Buried Brussels Town Cemetery, Evere, Belgium. Age 21

Thomas Edward Boyle, Winnipeg Evening Tribune via the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.

Bradshaw, Blake
Private     420483
Released 15 June 1918

Shand, Alexander Tocher
Private     421047
Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War 25 October 1916
Son of James and Barbara Tocher Shand, of Mill of Forgue, Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Buried Hamburg Cemetery, Germany

Died of Wounds (Gunshot wounds left thigh and left breast) whilst Prisoner of War at PARCHIM, GERMANY

(Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948)

Slessor, George H.
Lance Sergeant     29402
Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War 10 October 1916
No. 11 Platoon
Husband of Mary Slessor, 128 Wellington Road, Aberdeen, Scotland
Buried Porte de Paris Cemetery, Cambrai, France. Age 44

Numbers 11 and 12 platoons early met with misadventure [27 September 1916]. Their guide bore to far to the right. With little warning, they found themselves advancing against a heavily manned German trench, from which fire was opened on them with rifles and machine guns. Fortunately the warning they had received enabled them to retire with few casualties, but with the loss of Sergeant Slessor of Number 11 platoon. Slessor lost his bearings, He wandered into an unoccupied part of the Kenora Trench, where he was found next morning, all by himself, sound asleep with his head pillowed on a dead German. (Ibid, page 179)

Smith, John Albert
Private     700080
Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War 1 November 1916
Brother of Mrs. William Smart, 7 Edgewood Crescent, Toronto, Ontario
Buried Porte de Paris Cemetery, Cambrai, France

John Albert Smith, from 9th Platoon, C Company, 101st Battalion CEF booklet via the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.

Thomson, Peter Samuel
Private     427353
Released 12 January 1918
Leg amputated

Woodfine, James Moore
Private     105876
Released 26 September 1916
Amputation

8/9 October 1916

Armstrong, Henry Owen
Private     700996
Released 30 November 1918

Bent, George
Private     700398
Released 6 January 1919

Boden, George Henry
Private     129076
Released 15 December 1918

Burt, Frederick Audry
Private     199110
Released 2 December 1918

Cook, James Ray
Private     871467
Released 18 December 1918

Emerson, George Gordon
Private 426941
Released 29 November 1918

Fellows, Alfred
Private     701176
Released 12 December 1916

Foote, George Windsor
Private     488802
Released 4 December 1918

Galloway, Robert Neil
Lance Corporal     29445
Released 24 December 1918

Green, Arthur Charles
Private     105339
Released 12 January 1919

Oliver, Alfred
Private     77647
Released 15 December 1918

Ousey, John Percival
Private     700222
Released 12 January 1919

Scherbauk, Peter
Private     417655
Released 12 January 1919

Smith, Reginald Arthur
Private     105554
Released 2 January 1919

Steeds, Leslie Arthur
Private     700170
Released 2 January 1919

Thorp, Gilbert
Private     152705
Released 27 December 1918

Ussher, Noel
Private     420575
Released 8 December 1918

Walker, William Henry
Private     426322
Released 12 January 1919

9 October 1916

Irving, Arthur Beaufin
Lieutenant
Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War 9 October 1916
Son of Paulus H. Milius Irving and Diana Irving, 622 Cook Street, Victoria, British Columbia
Graduate of Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario
Formerly of the Royal Canadian Dragoons
Commemorated on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Vimy, France. Age 26

Arthur Beaufin Irving, Toronto Star, 4 December 1916 via the Canadian Virtual War Memorial.

List of Prisoners of War (16th Battalion CEF) compiled from:
Wigney, Edward H. “Guests of the Kaiser; Prisoners-of-War of the Canadian Expeditionary force 1915-1918”, (CEF Books, 2008)

Tags: 16th Battalion CEF (Canadian Scottish), 1916, Amputation, Arthur Beaufin Irving (image), Barbed Wire, Brussels Town Cemetery, Died of Wounds as Prisoner of War, George H. Slessor, Hamburg Cemetery, John Albert Smith (image), Porte de Paris Cemetery, Prisoners of War, Prisoners of War Veteran's Organizations, Robert Balfour, St. Souplet British Cemetery, Thomas Edward Boyle (image), Vimy Memorial

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