Meanwhile, the Military Bureau for the Investigation of Violations of the Laws of War () added Baralongs commanding officer, whose name was known only as "Captain William McBride", to the Prussian Ministry of War's "Black List of Englishmen who are Guilty of Violations of the Laws of War vis-à-vis Members of the German Armed Forces".Alfred M. de Zayas, The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau 1939–1945, p 8.
