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Background imagePows Collection: Battle of Albert 1918

Battle of Albert 1918
An escort of the South Staffordshire Regiment, 37th Division, bringing German prisoners through Bucqnoy during the Battle of Albert

Background imagePows Collection: Boer Prisoners of War landing at Bermuda

Boer Prisoners of War landing at Bermuda
Boer Prisoners of War landing at the British Naval base on the Island of Bermuda in the Western Atlantic. During the last phase of the Boer War (1901-1902)

Background imagePows Collection: British Soldiers escort German Prisoners - WWI

British Soldiers escort German Prisoners - WWI
British Soldiers escorting German Prisoners, destined for internment in England - WWI Date: circa 1915

Background imagePows Collection: First Austrian POWs at Ust-Kamenogorsk, WW1

First Austrian POWs at Ust-Kamenogorsk, WW1
The first Austrian prisoners of war (mostly Czech) arrive at Ust-Kamenogorsk (Semipalatinsk region) on the Eastern Front (now in Kazakhstan) during the First World War. Date: 24 September 1914

Background imagePows Collection: POW Camp, Eastcote, Middlesex

POW Camp, Eastcote, Middlesex
Prisoner of War Camp at Eastcote, Middlesex, England, showing sentry posts and barbed wire fence during World War I

Background imagePows Collection: Dorchester POW Camp

Dorchester POW Camp
Dorchester Prisoner of War Camp, England, during World War I

Background imagePows Collection: WW2 - A drag show by British PoWs held at Stalag XXI-D, a German World War II PoW Camp

WW2 - A drag show by British PoWs held at Stalag XXI-D, a German World War II PoW Camp based in Poznan (Posnan), Poland - the scene seems to be about a beauty contest in USA as the "

Background imagePows Collection: Capture of Englishmen by Brigands, Asia Minor

Capture of Englishmen by Brigands, Asia Minor
The Capture of Englishmen by Brigands in Asia Minor (today the Asian section of Turkey). Mehemet, the Turkish servant, is seen making a stand to allow his masters, Mr F.J

Background imagePows Collection: SUCCOUR TO BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR Date: 1927

SUCCOUR TO BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR Date: 1927

Background imagePows Collection: British troops surrender WWII

British troops surrender WWII
British troops surrendering in Calais during World War II in France. Date: 1940

Background imagePows Collection: British prisoners of war WWII

British prisoners of war WWII
British prisoners of war marched past French civilians in Paris during World War II Date: 1940

Background imagePows Collection: Concentration Camp

Concentration Camp
Russian soldiers in a concentration camp 21st July 1941. Date: 21st July 1941

Background imagePows Collection: WW1 silhouettes, The Tide of Victory

WW1 silhouettes, The Tide of Victory

Background imagePows Collection: German prisoners of war at Abbeville, France, WW1

German prisoners of war at Abbeville, France, WW1
German prisoners of war at a clearing depot in Abbeville, northern France, after the Battle of the St Quentin Canal (29 September to 10 October 1918) during the First World War. Date: October 1918

Background imagePows Collection: French cartoon, German prisoners, WW1

French cartoon, German prisoners, WW1
First World War cartoon entitled German prisoners, showing French soldiers escorting German prisoners away from Colmar, a town on the border between France and Germany. Date: 1915

Background imagePows Collection: Schneidemuhl Prisoner of War Camp

Schneidemuhl Prisoner of War Camp
Pila - a town in northwestern Poland (known as Schneidemuhl in German). During the First World War, Schneidemuhl had a prisoner of war camp

Background imagePows Collection: Bulgarian soldiers captured, Monastir, WW1

Bulgarian soldiers captured, Monastir, WW1
Bulgarian soldiers captured at Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War. circa 1916

Background imagePows Collection: German prisoners at St Eloi, Flanders, WW1

German prisoners at St Eloi, Flanders, WW1
German prisoners of war captured by the Northumberland Fusiliers and the Royal Fusiliers on 27 March 1916 at St Eloi crater, near Ypres, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Background imagePows Collection: German prisoners captured at Messines, Flanders, WW1

German prisoners captured at Messines, Flanders, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Battle of Messines Ridge (June 1917), Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Background imagePows Collection: Russian soldiers captured at Lemberg, Galicia, WW1

Russian soldiers captured at Lemberg, Galicia, WW1
Russian soldiers captured at Lemberg, Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine) walking along a road on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1915

Background imagePows Collection: Captured Serbian troops, Ibar Valley, Serbia, WW1

Captured Serbian troops, Ibar Valley, Serbia, WW1
Captured Serbian troops in the Ibar Valley, Serbia, on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePows Collection: Communist China - Japanese troops surrendering

Communist China - Japanese troops surrendering to Chinese troops during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). 1945

Background imagePows Collection: WW1 Troop movements: German POWs at Southampton, 1916

WW1 Troop movements: German POWs at Southampton, 1916
German prisoners of war on arrival at Southampton after their capture by the British during World War One. A train station can be seen on the left. Date: 1916

Background imagePows Collection: Battle Areas - from the womans point of view, Helen McKie

Battle Areas - from the womans point of view, Helen McKie
Impressions of Rheims by Miss Helen McKie. One in a series of sketches, drawn by Bystander artist Helen McKie during a visit to war torn France following the end of the First World War. 1

Background imagePows Collection: WWI - Red Cross packing parcels of food and comfort

WWI - Red Cross packing parcels of food and comfort
Members of the Red Cross packing parcels of food and comforts for prisoners of war, probably in Wolverhampton; 1 of 3 photographs relating to Lt John Silvester Colbourne, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Background imagePows Collection: Sphere cover - British corporal with small German captives

Sphere cover - British corporal with small German captives
A stalwart British corporal pictured with two German captives in a photograph which deliberately highlights the difference in stature of the men

Background imagePows Collection: Daily rations for enemy prisoners of war in England, WW1

Daily rations for enemy prisoners of war in England, WW1
A table displaying the rations given to enemy prisoners of war interned in England during the First World War. The picture was taken at a POW camp in Leigh, Lancashire and shows 1 1/2 lb of bred

Background imagePows Collection: German prisoners line up to be vaccinated, WW1

German prisoners line up to be vaccinated, WW1
Captured German soldiers during the Battle of Menin Road wait by a tent to be vaccinated Date: 1917

Background imagePows Collection: Pair of carved bone ornaments with raised foliate decoration

Pair of carved bone ornaments with raised foliate decoration
A pair of carved bone ornaments with raised foliate decoration with inscriptions - one saying A souvenir of 1914 and one saying The Great War 1917. Made by German POWs on the Isle of Man. Trench Art

Background imagePows Collection: Donington Hall, near Derby to serve as an internment camp ag

Donington Hall, near Derby to serve as an internment camp ag
View of Donington Hall, near Derby, famous during the years 1914 - 1918 as an internment camp for German officers, taken over by the Government again in 1939 to serve the same purpose during World

Background imagePows Collection: WW1 - Austrian, German and Turkish Prisoners put to work

WW1 - Austrian, German and Turkish Prisoners put to work on Italian streets. Postcard issued by the Y.M.C.A. Hut Fund Date: circa 1917

Background imagePows Collection: Performance by British POWs during WWII

Performance by British POWs during WWII
A Christmas Show (Pantomime) performed by British Prisoners of War - during WW2. Possibly one of the less glamorous chorus lines of the 1940s (foreground) !!! Date: circa 1942

Background imagePows Collection: Monument to Russian Prisoners of War - WWI

Monument to Russian Prisoners of War - WWI Date: circa 1919

Background imagePows Collection: Prisoners of the Germans during WWI

Prisoners of the Germans during WWI
Prisoners captured by German forces during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Background imagePows Collection: German prisoners marching, Balkan Front, WW1

German prisoners marching, Balkan Front, WW1
German prisoners under British escort, being marched to a railhead on the Balkan Front, at the time of the Battle of Machukovo during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Background imagePows Collection: Eight-sleeper bunk in Stalag XXI D

Eight-sleeper bunk in Stalag XXI D
Sketch showing life of British prisoners of war in a German camp during World War Two. The sketch was made in Stalag XXI D in Posen, Poland

Background imagePows Collection: Bolshevik prisoners, Lijma Station, Russian Civil War

Bolshevik prisoners, Lijma Station, Russian Civil War
Bolshevik prisoners standing by the railway track at Lijma Station, near Lake Onega, Medevja-Gora (Medvedja-gora, Medvezhya Gora, now known as Medvezhyegorsk, Republic of Karelia)

Background imagePows Collection: German soldiers captured, Monastir, WW1

German soldiers captured, Monastir, WW1
French officers interrogating German soldiers captured during the Battle of Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War

Background imagePows Collection: Exchange of prisoners of war

Exchange of prisoners of war, Trelleborg, Sweden, September 1944. Date: Sep-44

Background imagePows Collection: German prisoners captured at Ancre, France, WW1

German prisoners captured at Ancre, France, WW1
German prisoners of war captured by the 39th Division at St Pierre Divion during the Battle of the Ancre (13 November 1916), northern France, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Background imagePows Collection: German prisoners captured at Broodseinde, WW1

German prisoners captured at Broodseinde, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Battle of Broodseinde (4 October 1917), Flanders, during the First World War. They are a German Commander (centre), his adjutant and staff

Background imagePows Collection: Wounded German prisoners of war, WW1

Wounded German prisoners of war, WW1
Wounded German prisoners of war captured by the British on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePows Collection: Austrian officers captured by the Russians, WW1

Austrian officers captured by the Russians, WW1
Austrian officers captured by the Russians during the First World War. Date: 26 August 1915

Background imagePows Collection: Three German prisoners of war, WW1

Three German prisoners of war, WW1
Three German prisoners of war, two of them with bandaged heads and labels attached to their coats, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePows Collection: German Red Cross with wounded French Soldiers - WWI

German Red Cross with wounded French Soldiers - WWI
Wounded French POWs from German prison camps received at a railwaty station by the German Red Cross. Date: circa 1916



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