Hi
I was just checking with Tim saying he was not entitled
to the 1914/15 star?
I've noticed several EX POW's are listed as
transferred into the Labour Corps.
The following is from the Long Long Trail site.
The Labour Corps is formed
Formed in January 1917, the Corps grew to some 389,900 men
(more than 10% of the total size of the Army) by the Armistice.
Of this total, around 175,000 were working in the United Kingdom
and the rest in the theatres of war. The Corps was manned by
officers and other ranks who had been medically rated below the
"A1" condition needed for front line service. Many were returned
wounded. Labour Corps units were often deployed for work within
range of the enemy guns, sometimes for lengthy periods. In April
1917, a number of infantry battalions were transferred to the
Corps. The Labour Corps absorbed the 28 ASC Labour Companies
between February and June 1917. Labour Corps Area Employment
Companies were formed in 1917 for salvage work, absorbing the
Divisional Salvage Companies. In the crises of March and April 1918
on the Western Front, Labour Corps units were used as emergency
infantry. The Corps always suffered from its treatment as something
of a second class organisation: for example, the men who died are
commemorated under their original regiment, with Labour Corps
being secondary. Researching men of the Corps is made extra difficult
by this, as is the fact that few records remain of the daily activities and
locations of Corps units.
The rolls are kept at National Archives at Kew
Although the can be see on Ancestry at a cost
Someone may be able to help you with this on here.
I have the rolls for the 2nd Battalion and other people have
the rolls for other Battalions.
Good luck with your research
Timberman