On 30th November 1918 the Dawlish Gazette reported the arrival home of the first Dawlish Prisoner of War and on 18th January 1919 it reported that all Dawlish Prisoners of War had been repatriated.
Sadly one Dawlish Prisoner of War did not return home, Private Harry Scott had been taken prisoner in May 1918 and died in a German Hospital. In a letter his mother received from him just before Christmas he said that he was in hospital but was getting better and hoped to be home soon.
The following list of Dawlish POWs was published in the Gazette dated 23rd November 1918:
Private L Ash
Private W Biggs
Rifleman Bright
Private E G Caseley
Lance Corporal E Dunn
Rifleman Morley Foster
Signaller L V Hartwell
Private Hawking
Private W J Lambshead
2nd Lieutenant W C Maunder
Signaller H Pascoe
Private T Richards
Private H Scott
Private R Selley
Private A Tickle
Private G Vittles
Private Chas Wookey
The relevant cuttings from the Gazette can be seen below.
Dawlish Gazette – 23rd November 1918
Dawlish Gazette – 30th November 1918
Dawlish Gazette – 14th December 1918
Dawlish Gazette – 4th January 1919
Dawlish Gazette – 11th January 1919
Dawlish Gazette – 18th January 1919