Under the heading "An honourable exile - men who helped to victory though they suffered defeat" The Luton News of Thursday, August 31st, 1916, paid its tribute to men with Luton area connections who fought for their country but had by then become prisoners of war. Twenty-five names were included along with pictures of 19 of them.

Pte Walter Smith is the son of Mr and Mrs Smith, of 73 North Street, Luton, and a member of a well-known fighting family. As a reservist of the Beds Regt he was called up at the beginning of the war, and early fell a prisoner.

Pte T. Samuels is the only son of Mrs Samuels, of 5 Gaitskill Row. He belongs to the Beds Regiment, and was also among the early captives.

Rfmn J. Kempton was a King's Royal Rifleman, and his home is in Beechwood Road, Leagrave.

Sgt F. Wright, of the Suffolk Regiment, is the son of Mr and Mrs Wright, of 3 Icknield Street, Dunstable. The Sergeant has not spent two years as a prisoner in a camp at Soltan, Hanover.

Pte F. Ward, yet another of the Beds heroes, formerly resided at 9 Manor Path, Luton.

Pte Arthur Fensome, Bedford Regt, son of Mrs Fensome, 14 Park Place, was another reservist. He was taken prisoner at La Bassee on October 13th, the third month of the war.

Rfmn G. T. Hepworth, 5361, was a reservist of the Rifle Brigade, and was captured at the same time at Cpl Smart (details below). He was employed at the Vauxhall Works before being called up, and his home is at 100 Langley Street, Luton.

Pte H. Jackson, of the Beds Regt, is the son of Mr John Jackson, of Biscot, and his sister is Mrs Bass, of 97 Bury Park Road, Luton. He was made a prisoner while stemming the German rush on Paris.

Pte A. Pinney, 7658, Beds Regt, is a brother-in-law of Pte A. Payne, referred to below.

Cpl Syd Eades was captured whilst serving with the Australian Contingent in the 'Big Push'. He is a son of Mr W.J.R. Eads, of Dunstable Road, Luton, and worked at Hayward Tyler's before he went to Australia eight years ago.

Pte C. Odell belongs to the Beds Regt, and his home is given in the records as Langley Place. He was in that terrible camp at Wittenberg which was typhus-smitten and the prisoners left to suffer in misery by the Hun authorities.

Seaman Henry S. Hill, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Hill, 94 Cobden Street, Luton, was captured after his vessel, the destroyer Turbulent, had gone down in the North Sea in the Jutland Battle.

Petty Officer Frederick William Howlett was captured by the Germans after his vessel, the Nestor, a destroyer, was sunk in the Jutland Battle. He is the nephew of Mr and Mrs J. Bromfield, 1 Salisbury Road, Luton.

Pte Frederick J.H.P. Trigg, 9209, Border Regt, son of Mr and Mrs Trigg, of 28 Bolton Road, Luton, was working as a carter for Mr J. L. Godfrey when he was called up as a reservist at the outbreak of war. He has been a prisoner for about three months. His experiences in France included being gassed twice and twice wounded in the ribs and chest, and he has been in hospital five times.

Pte H. Spittell, also of the Beds Regt, was a close friend of Pte Sandon (details below). They were captured at the same time. He is married and his home is at 1 Beale Street, Dunstable.

Rfmn James William Farr, Rifle Brigade, was called up as a reservist in August 1914 and was captured at Mons on August 26th. He is 30 and has three children. He is the second son of Mr and Mrs Farr, of 3 Chobham Street, Luton.

Pte G. Poole, 7372, belongs to the Beds Regt, and his home is at 100 Albert Road, Luton.

Pte Joseph Goode is another member of the County Regiment, and his home address is 404 Round Green.

Drummer Frederick Charles Taylor, son of Mrs Bunyan, of 42 Collingdon Street, Luton. He is in the 24th year and enlisted at the age of 16 in the Staffs Regiment. In South Africa at the outbreak of war, he went to the Western Front in October 1914 and fell into the hands of the enemy after two or three weeks.

Bandsman Bruce Lay, Beds Regt, is the son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Lay, of Ivydene, Alfred Street, Dunstable. He was captured at Mons after receiving severe wounds and being left for dead.

Pte Albert Payne, also a reservist of the Bedford Regt, and husband of Mrs Payne, of 22 Essex Street, Luton, is an old campaigner. He was captured at Mons and sent to Doeberitz. Since his imprisonment both his parents have passed away.

Pte Albert Crawley joined the Beds Regt four years ago and was with the Battalion in Ireland when war broke out. He went to France at the beginning of October 1914 and was captured within two or three weeks.

L-Cpl Fred Batchelor, Bedford Regt, the son of Mrs Batchelor, of 44 Langley Road, Luton, was formerly an under-gardener at The Hyde. He has been a prisoner since April 19th, 1916.

Pte Sam Sandon, 4042, Beds Regt, is a Lutonian who married a Dunstable lady. His paternal home is at 70 Old Bedford Road, and his wife lives with her parents at 41 Edward Street, Dunstable.

Cpl W. Smart, 3892, Rifle Brigade, son of Mrs Smart, 12 Wenlock Street, Luton, was also captured early in the war.