An early recruit was 'Frank Wood' who drafted a leaflet to attract new members which was distributed in PoW camps. But by all accounts most of these just became toilet paper.
An even earlier member was 'Thomas Mellor Cooper' , whose mother was German and who had joined the SS in 1938, fighting with Das Reich in Russia and being awarded the wound badge in black (the only Englishman to receive a Nazi combat decoration).
Exaggerated reports of the size of the BFC result from the fact that many British PoWs accepted an invitation, or were ordered by their own officers to accept an invitation in order to gather information, to spend 2 or 3 weeks in a Berlin 'holiday camp' (actually an indoctrination and assessment centre). In the end ,though, only about 58 men became full members of the BFC and took to wearing Waffen-SS uniforms.
Members of the BFC fought mainly in Russia and some reports say that other members fought in the battle for Berlin.
After the war the surviving members were tried for treason and most were sentenced to varying terms of imprisonment. John Amery (who was responsible for the birth of the BFC) pleaded guilty to a charge of treason and was executed.
Stand out features on the uniform were a collar patch with three lions, a Union Jack arm shield and a cuff title embroidered 'British Free Corps'.