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Anglo-Saxon by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" You re comin along with me, my lad, as soon as this is over!" (Hermann feels he DOES know a better ole). Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander magazine showing his famous

Otto Kretschmer, German submarine commander and U-boat " ace" called " The Wolf of the Atlantic" coming ashore British destroyer following capture of U-99

Pow Street, Workington, Cumbria, UK
Scene in Pow Street, Workington, Cumbria, UK. circa 1910s

Prisoner of War Camp, Handforth, Cheshire
A coloured illustration of the First World War prisoner of war/ internment camp at Handforth in Cheshire. The picture is captioned Kriegsgefangenen Lager -- German for POW camp

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

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)

Officer prisoners of war in Germany - Fancy Dress ball
A fancy dress ball at Furstenberg in Mecklenburg which officer prisoners of war held as christmas entertainment in December 1916

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

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

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

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

Greek General Trikoupis being taken to Prison at Ala Chehir
Captured Greek General Trikoupis being taken to Prison at Ala Chehir (Alasehir). Nikolaos Trikoupis (18681956) was a Greek general and politician

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 "

Turkish prisoners of war during WW1

British prisoners in Sulmona POW camp, Italy, during WW2

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

Entrance to site of German POW Camp Foucarville
Eventually the camp held 40, 000 prisoners including 218 Generals and 6 Admirals. It was effectively a full blown town with a 1, 000 bed hospital, a cinema, electric lights, a ballroom and shops

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

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

Indigenous First Nation Tribe preparing for the Pow Wow 1903

American P. O. W. Date: 1944
American P.O.W. Date: 1944

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

WORKINGTON / CUMBRIA C1900
Workington, Cumbria: Pow Street Date: circa 1900

QUEEN VICTORIA / 1896 CTN
QUEEN VICTORIA Cartoon showing Edward (POW) and Queen Victoria (he asks if she would like to have a rest from sitting on the throne). Date: 1819 - 1901

WW1 silhouettes, The Tide of Victory

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

Plaque to Royal Military Police, Bayeux Museum Grounds
Before D-Day the Police had to control the assembly areas for the troops waiting to cross the Channel and afterwards, in the confusion of the landings

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

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

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

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

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

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

Portuguese soldiers captured on the Western Front, WW1
Portuguese soldiers who have been captured on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

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

Ruhleben camp, WW1
Where the Boche interns British civilians - a birds eye view of the camp at Ruhleben where British civilians, living in Germany at the time of the outbreak of war were interned

Caricatures of Prince Albert Victor and Prince George
Caricatures of Prince Albert Victor (right) and Prince George (left), sons of Edward, Prince of Wales, in sailor suits. This is what the society papers did for the two young princes. 1880

Canadian Indians
Blackfoot Indians crossing a river to find a new homes. Date: 1882

Leaflet, Crimson Tide vs Fighting Irish
Leaflet advertising an American Football event, Crimson Tide (University of Alabama Field Artillery) vs Fighting Irish (Notre Dame Engineers), on 8 May 1943 at the White City Stadium, West London

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

A German Old Bill
A German prisoner of war, working on a farm near Shortwick, Chester, is identified as being a dead ringer for Old Bill, the cartoon soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The

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

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

Women working at Prisoners of War Information Bureau, WW1
Women working at the offices of the Prisoners of War Information Bureau, located at 49 Wellington Street, Strand, where are record of all British soldiers who were prisoners of war in Germany were

WWI - Company Sergeant Major Alexander Gibb
" Schotte" - a full length portrait of Company Sergeant Major Alexander Gibb, 2nd Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders at a POW Camp in Karlsruhe, 1915

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