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Background imagePow Collection: WWI - Company Sergeant Major Alexander Gibb

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

Background imagePow 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 imagePow Collection: German prisoners marched through Southampton, WW1

German prisoners marched through Southampton, WW1
More than 1530 German prisoners, captured by the British army during the Battle of the Somme marching through Southampton (past the cinema) after landing there on 4 July. Date: 1916

Background imagePow Collection: World War One POW wooden inlaid basket

World War One POW wooden inlaid basket
World War One P.O.W. wooden inlaid basket. Burn stamped on base Knockaloe, made by POW 3239. Trench Art

Background imagePow Collection: Inspecting the Company at The Maltings, Mistley, Essex

Inspecting the Company at The Maltings, Mistley, Essex. James Whale, 7Th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment. Captured 26.8.17. Pow At Holzminden Camp, Germany

Background imagePow Collection: P O W at Holzminden

P O W at Holzminden
P.O.W. at Holzminden. James Whale, 7th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Captured (26.8.17) POW at Holzminden Camp, Germany

Background imagePow Collection: Internment camp

Internment camp
Illustration showing the cramped interior of a Japanese internment camp at Changi, Singapore, during World War Two. Date: 1942

Background imagePow 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 imagePow 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 imagePow 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 imagePow 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 imagePow Collection: Switzerland - British Prisoner of War Camp - WWI

Switzerland - British Prisoner of War Camp - WWI
Chateau d Oex internment camp, Switzerland - British Prisoner of War Camp - card sent by Private C. Cusworth (8662) of the 2nd Manchester Regiment - interned Prisoner of War

Background imagePow Collection: The Padres room, Posen, 1941

The Padres room, Posen, 1941
Padres room in a British prisoner of war camp during World War Two. The sketch was made in Stalag XXI D in Posen, Poland, by Lieutenant J F Watton of the 4th Border Regiment who was captured near

Background imagePow Collection: Silhouettes of wartime scenes with soldiers

Silhouettes of wartime scenes with soldiers
Silhouettes of wartime scenes, showing soldiers in various situations. From the top: every dog has his day, the last straw, empty vessels cause the most sound, and a couple is not always a pair

Background imagePow Collection: Jean Nicolet Monument at Menasha, Wisconsin

Jean Nicolet Monument at Menasha, Wisconsin
The Jean Nicolet Monument at Menasha, Wisconsin - erected by the Womans Club of Menasha in 1906. Close to this location, Jean Nicolet landed and was the first white man in Wisconsin

Background imagePow 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 imagePow 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 imagePow 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 imagePow Collection: Exchange of prisoners of war

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

Background imagePow 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 imagePow 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 imagePow 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 imagePow 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 imagePow 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 imagePow Collection: British prisoners of war arriving at Hull from Germany, WW1

British prisoners of war arriving at Hull from Germany, WW1
British prisoners of war arriving at Hull, being repatriated from Germany towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Background imagePow Collection: Two prisoners of war captured by Canadians, WW1

Two prisoners of war captured by Canadians, WW1
Two young prisoners of war with tins hanging round their necks, captured by the Canadians during the First World War. Date: 23 April 1918

Background imagePow Collection: Portuguese prisoners handing over gas masks, WW1

Portuguese prisoners handing over gas masks, WW1
Portuguese soldiers taken prisoner in the Battle of Armentieres (Battle of the Lys) handing over their gas masks at a collecting point, Flanders, First World War. Date: April 1918

Background imagePow Collection: Turkish prisoners, Mesopotamia, WW1

Turkish prisoners, Mesopotamia, WW1
Turkish prisoners with their British captors, on their way to Baghdad, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Background imagePow Collection: Attending to wounded German prisoner, WW1

Attending to wounded German prisoner, WW1
An Allied soldier attending to a wounded German prisoner in a muddy field during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePow Collection: German prisoners captured by Canadians at Vimy, WW1

German prisoners captured by Canadians at Vimy, WW1
Two German prisoners of war captured by the Canadians during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1917

Background imagePow Collection: British pilot shot down by Germans, WW1

British pilot shot down by Germans, WW1
A British pilot shot down by Germans is led across a muddy field during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePow Collection: German prisoners at Oise, France, WW1

German prisoners at Oise, France, WW1
German prisoners of war sitting in front of a brick wall on the Western Front at Oise, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePow Collection: Austrian prisoners on the Italian front, WW1

Austrian prisoners on the Italian front, WW1
Austrian prisoners of war on the Italian front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePow Collection: Bulgarian prisoners in Macedonia

Bulgarian prisoners in Macedonia, captured during the repulse of Bulgarian attacks into the region during the Second Balkan War, which broke out on 16th June 1913

Background imagePow Collection: Turkish Prisoners in Montenegro

Turkish Prisoners in Montenegro Date: circa 1916

Background imagePow Collection: Captured Zouaves and Turkish soldiers - WWI

Captured Zouaves and Turkish soldiers - WWI
Captured Zouaves in a WWI German POW camp. Zouave was the title given to certain infantry regiments in the French Army, normally serving in French North Africa between 1831 and 1962

Background imagePow Collection: Austrian prisoner of war, WW1

Austrian prisoner of war, WW1
An Austrian prisoner of war captured during the First World War. He has two medals pinned to his jacket. Date: 1914-1918

Background imagePow Collection: Idealised German prisoner of war camp, WW1

Idealised German prisoner of war camp, WW1
An artists impression of an idealised German prisoner of war camp, Munster II, during the First World War. The French artist was forced to portray a wide range of enjoyable activities

Background imagePow Collection: German prisoners of war, Casablanca, Morocco, WW1

German prisoners of war, Casablanca, Morocco, WW1
German prisoners of war being served dinner at a French detention camp in Casablanca, Morocco, during the First World War. Date: 21 May 1916

Background imagePow Collection: Captured Serbian troops near Brus, Serbia, WW1

Captured Serbian troops near Brus, Serbia, WW1
Captured Serbian troops near Brus, Serbia, on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1915

Background imagePow Collection: German prisoner captured at Messines, Flanders, WW1

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

Background imagePow Collection: British prisoners from Kut returning to London, WW1

British prisoners from Kut returning to London, WW1
British prisoners captured after the Siege of Kut (1916), seen here on their return to London via Cannon Street Station. They are NCOs and other men, officers having returned a few days earlier

Background imagePow Collection: Captured Serbian troops, eastern front, WW1

Captured Serbian troops, eastern front, WW1
Captured Serbian troops on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

Background imagePow Collection: Captured Serbian troops, Mitovitza, Serbia, WW1

Captured Serbian troops, Mitovitza, Serbia, WW1
Captured Serbian troops at Mitovitza, Serbia, on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

Background imagePow Collection: Portuguese prisoners at collecting station, WW1

Portuguese prisoners at collecting station, WW1
Portuguese soldiers taken prisoner, seen here at a collecting station on the Western Front, First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Background imagePow Collection: German prisoners in Champagne, France, WW1

German prisoners in Champagne, France, WW1
German prisoners of war in a field in the Champagne region of north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 26 July 1918

Background imagePow Collection: German prisoners of war, Somme Offensive, WW1

German prisoners of war, Somme Offensive, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Somme Offensive in northern France, First World War. Date: July 1916

Background imagePow Collection: American troops with German prisoners, Belleau Wood, WW1

American troops with German prisoners, Belleau Wood, WW1
American troops with German prisoners near Belleau Wood, northern France, First World War. Date: circa 1918



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