The following is an alphabetical list (by surname) of the British servicemen who at one time were ‘guests’ at Colditz. The list is extensive and will take time to become definitive. Please contact us if you can add to the list. If it then takes a little while to have the name loaded please accept our apologies and we will do so as soon as possible.

A COMPLETE LIST WHICH HAS BEEN COMPILED OFF-LINE SHOULD BE LIVE SOON - the names currently completed are outlined in the ‘Officer List (new)’ section.

Format is as follows:

Name, rank, regiment, date captured, arrived IVC, when left

G.W.Abbott, Lt., General List, captured 13/2/42, arrived Colditz 8/1/44.
A.H Aitken, Capt., NZEF, captured 28/11/41 arrived Colditz 2/11/43, left 22/11/43, returned 13/1/43 left 22/3/44.
Peter Allan, 2nd Lt., Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
Douglas Bader, Grp Capt., RAF
G Balding
TM Baratt
R D ‘Bob’ Barnes, Lt., RNR
Rupert Barry, Capt., 52nd Light Infantry (Ox & Bucks Light Infantry)
DE Bartlett
H.E.E. ‘Teddy’ Barton, Lt. Royal Army Service Corps
RR Baxter, Capt., AIF
JW Beaumont
Trevor Beet, Lt. RN
Jack Best, Flt. Lt., RAF
AJR Bissett
John Boustead, Lt. Seaforth Highlanders
W.M. ‘Tubby’ Broomhall, Lt. Col., Royal Engineers
Dominic Bruce, Flt., Lt., RAF
Hugh Bruce, Lt. Royal Marines
WJ Burton
Alan Campbell, Lt., Royal Artillery
GR Campbell-Preston, Capt., Black Watch
JWK Champ, Lt. AIF
Ernie Champion, Lt., Royal Navy Reserve
Alan Cheetham, Lt., Royal Navy
ARA Cocksedge, Lt., Royal Innesllin Fusiliers
HB Collett
Bobby Colt, Lt., Tyneside Scottish Regiment
JM Courtenay, Lt., QVR
DA Crawford, Capt., AIF
JA Crawford., Lt., Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
John Crisp, Bosun, Royal Navy
John Davies, Lt., Royal Navy (A)
Grismond Davies-Scourfield, Lt., 60th Rifles KRRC
Patrick Dickenson, Flt. Lt., RAF
CIC Dieppe
Don Donaldson, Flt., Lt., RAF
GS Drew
FM Edwards
Tommy Elliot, Lt. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Harry A.V. Elliott, Capt., Irish Guards
SCT Elms-Neale
CA Elson
M Farr, Lt. Durham Light Infantry
J Fawcus
FWC Feldon, Capt., Royal Horse Artillery
The Hon. P Fellows
JP Fergusson
Vincent Flynn, Flt. Lt., RAF
Francis Flynn, Flt. Lt., RAF
Norman Forbes, Flt. Lt., RAF
Bill Fowler, Flt. Lt., RAF
Guy German, Lt. Col., Leicestershire Regiment (SBO 1940-42)
Derek Gill, Lt., Royal Norfolk Regiment
MJ Gilliatt, Capt., 60th Rifles
BDS Ginn
Bill Goldfinch, Flt. Lt., RAF
Julius Green, Capt., Army Dental Corps
Sir P Greenwell, Capt., Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry
Simon Hacohen, Lt., Royal Engineers
Dan Halifax, Flt. Lt., RAF
DK Hamilton, Lt. Royal Artillery
JRE Hamilton-Baillie, Lt., Royal Engineers
EA Hannay, Lt., Seaforth Highlanders
Mike Harvey, Lt., Royal Navy
Richard D. Heard, Capt. (Rev)., Royal Army Chaplains Department
KE Hermon, Capt., Durham Light Infantry
Joseph C. Hobling, Capt. (Rev)., Royal Army Chaplains Department
John Hoggard, Sub.Lt, Royal Navy Reserve
MA Howard, Lt., AIF
Dick H. Howe, Capt., Royal Tank Regiment (Escape Officer 1942-45)
John Hyde-Thompson, Lt., Durham Light Infantry
HCW Ironside
“Dick” Jones, Lt., General List
Jack Keats, Lt. RNVR
CH Keenlyside
John Lace, Lt., Durham Light Infantry
W.T. ‘Lulu’ Lawton, Capt., Duke of Wellington Regiment
RW Leah
Kenneth Lee, Lt. RCS
FAJ Lochrane
Charles Lockett, Sqn.Ldr., RAF
Kenneth Lockwood, Capt., Queen’s Royal Regiment
Ian Bruce MaCaskie, Lt., Queen’s Own Royal West Kent
Colin MacKenzie MC, Lt., Seaforth Highlanders
AR Marchand
SN Martin
AL McCall
Malcolm McColm, Sqn.Ldr., RAF
James McDonnell, Lt., Royal Norfolk Regiment
P McLaren
JTP Mellor
CCI Merritt, V.C.
Don Middleton, Flt. Lt., RAF
WA Millar
Norman Miller, Sub.Lt., RNVR
JR Millett
Keith Milne, Flt. Lt., RAF
DN Moir
Mike Moran, Lt., Royal Navy Reserve
Airey Neave, Lt., Royal Artillery
DM Nugent., Cpl. 60th Rifles
Phil Pardoe, Lt., 60th Rifles
Vincent Parker, Flt. Lt., RAF
PH Parkes
Pemberton-How, Capt., RASC
JR Penman MC, Lt., Argyle & Southerland Highlanders
S Perry
J. Ellison Platt, Capt. (Rev)., Royal Army Chaplains Department
Alexander Lancelot Pope, Lt., Royal Fusiliers
JL Pumphrey, Lt., Northumberland Hussars
Claude Redding, Lt., General List
Miles Reid, Major, MC
Pat Reid, Capt., Royal Army Service Corps (Escape Officer 1940-42)
MVB Riviere
Jim Rogers, Capt., Royal Engineers
Gordon L Rolfe DSO, Major, Royal Canadian Signals
JH Roy, Lt., Fusiliers Mont Royal
CE Sandbach, Lt., Cheshire Yeomanry
CP Scarborough CF (RC), Capt.
T Schririe, Capt., Royal Army Medical Corps
Scorgie-Price, Lt., Gordon Highlanders
M Scott, Lt., Durham Light Infantry
WH Scott
CH Silverwood-Cope, Lt., Royal Artillery
Mike Sinclair, Lt., Kings Royal Rifle Corps
O.S.Stephenson, Lt.Cdr., Royal Navy
Geoffrey Stevenson, Sqn.Ldr., RAF
Peter Storie-Pugh, Lt., Queen’s Own Royal West Kent
The Earl of Hopetown, Capt. Lothian & Borders Yeomany
The Lord Arundell of Wardour
Don Thom, Flt. Lt., RAF
W Todd
Peter Tunstall, Flt. Lt., RAF
JA Tweedie, Capt., Cameron Highlanders
Peter van Rood, Flt. Lt., RAF
AG Vandalac
DH Walker, Capt., Black Watch
Stewart Walker, Lt., 9th Bn. Durham Light Infantry
Hank Wardle, Flt. Lt., RAF
Geoff ‘Stooge’ Wardle, Lt., Royal Navy
John Watton, Lt., Border Regiment
CR Weld-Forester
FWC Weldon MC, Capt., Royal Horse Artillery
Peter Winton MC, Lt.
MG Wittett, Lt., Royal Scots
JER Wood MC, Lt., Royal Canadian Engineers
SC Wright
Jimmy Yule, Lt., RCS
Jack Zafouck, Flt. Lt., RAF