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Background imagePrisoners 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 imagePrisoners Collection: Santiago de Chile (1854). Casa de la Moneda and

Santiago de Chile (1854). Casa de la Moneda and prisoners. Litography

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Spain (1930). Republican military uprising of

Spain (1930). Republican military uprising of Jaca (12th December 1930). Revolted soldiers made prisoners by loyal soldiers in the surroundings of Cillas

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Preston Prison 1905

Preston Prison 1905
Tread wheel at Preston prison, 1905 Date: 1905

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Wormwood Scrubs 1895

Wormwood Scrubs 1895
Wormwood Scrubs prison, whipping post, 1895 Date: 1895

Background imagePrisoners 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 imagePrisoners 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 imagePrisoners 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 imagePrisoners 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 imagePrisoners 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 imagePrisoners Collection: Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, India

Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, India
Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, Pune, India (Gandhi was imprisoned here for a time, spinning thread whilst imprisoned). Date: circa 1908

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Midday mealtime, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London

Midday mealtime, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Prisoners at Wormwood Scrubs prison, west London, return to their individual cells for their midday dinner. Uniformed prison warders watch as prisoners climb the metal staircases to the galleries

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Industrial Farm Colony, Duxhurst, Surrey

Industrial Farm Colony, Duxhurst, Surrey
Inmates at the Industrial Farm Colony for Female Inebriates, Duxhurst, Surrey. Founded in 1895 by Lady Henry Somerset, the colony provided care for women alcoholics

Background imagePrisoners Collection: A Second World War Red Cross food parcel

A Second World War Red Cross food parcel
The contents of a food parcel dispatched for Christmas in 1944. 180, 000 packages were sent out, many to prisoners of war in Germany, by the Red Cross and St John Organisation

Background imagePrisoners Collection: German Prisoners, Normandy; Second World War, 1944

German Prisoners, Normandy; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a group of German prisoners guarded by a Canadian soldier, in Normandy, June 1944. In the background casualties are visible, being brought to an emergency dressing station

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Russia / 1918 / Cheka Prison

Russia / 1918 / Cheka Prison
Prisoners held by the Cheka, a secret police force established in December 1917 to investigate counter- revolutionary crimes

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Black Hole of Calcutta

Black Hole of Calcutta
The Black Hole of Calcutta, in which only 23 of 146 prisoners are said to have survived. (This has now been shown to be a myth)

Background imagePrisoners Collection: WW2 - Comic Postcard - Restaurateur in no hurry

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Restaurateur in no hurry
WW2 - Comic Postcard - A Restaurateur is in no hurry to serve his new guests - a band of German prisoners! Date: circa 1944

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Life in a Womens Prison, 1903

Life in a Womens Prison, 1903
Female convicts at work in Aylesbury Gaol. Date: 1903

Background imagePrisoners Collection: German prisoners making a road in southern England 1917

German prisoners making a road in southern England 1917
Some 102, 000 German prisoners making a road through the woods in a picturesque corner of southern England, where they are building their own camp. 1917

Background imagePrisoners Collection: The Bondman by Hall Caine

The Bondman by Hall Caine
Flyer showing dramatic scene for The Bondman by Hall Caine, from Drury Lane. Jason rescues Michael Sunlocks from the sulphur mine, where they have both been made to work as prisoners

Background imagePrisoners Collection: A pollarded German Guard : trees as a soldier, 1916

A pollarded German Guard : trees as a soldier, 1916
Two French prisoners of war attempting to escape via the German-Dutch border, discover the German sentry they intended to overpower was in fact a pollarded tree

Background imagePrisoners Collection: At War With Women, by Frank Bateman

At War With Women, by Frank Bateman, first produced at the Metropolitan Theatre, Manchester, July 1902, then at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London, June 1903

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Wall mural of Support at Belfast

Wall mural of Support at Belfast
Belfast. Wall mural of Support of the Republican, Socialist, Political & Prisoners. Date: 2011

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Pope Benedict XV

Pope Benedict XV (1854 1922), Pope from 3rd September 1914 until his death in 1922. Photographed a few months after his election as Pope

Background imagePrisoners Collection: WW1 roof top poultry farm, 1917

WW1 roof top poultry farm, 1917
A poultry farm on a London rooftop at the Central Prisoners of War Committee, 4 Thurlow Place, south west London, where the daily yield from a dozen hens is from six to nine eggs. Date: 1917

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Suffragette and Irish Prisoners

Suffragette and Irish Prisoners
Illustrates the stark contrast between the treatment of Irishand suffragette prisoners citing The Value of the Vote The Voteless suffragette is subjected to barbaric forciblefeeding in Holloway

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Raw levies for the Chinese army, 1894

Raw levies for the Chinese army, 1894
First Sino-Japanese War (1st August 1894 17th April 1895). Raw levies for the Chinese army. The only reserve force is that of the Ying Ping or Chinese militia

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Myanmar - Yangon - Rangoon Jail - Prisoners at breakfast

Myanmar - Yangon - Rangoon Jail - Prisoners at breakfast
Myanmar - Yangon - Rangoon Jail - Prisoners pictured lined up with their breakfast. Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Myanmar - Yangon - Rangoon Jail

Myanmar - Yangon - Rangoon Jail. Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Convoy of prisoners on foot

Convoy of prisoners on foot
A convoy of prisoners on foot across a snow covered landscape Date: 1913

Background imagePrisoners Collection: German prisoners 1914

German prisoners 1914
Captured during the early weeks of the war, German prisoners are marched through the streets of Reims. Date: 1914

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Prison / Amsterdam C17

Prison / Amsterdam C17
Prisoners being flogged and sawing under supervision in the courtyard of Rasphuis prison in Amsterdam. Date: 1611

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Rus / Jap War: Prisoners

Rus / Jap War: Prisoners
Japanese prisoners in a Cossack camp Date: 1904

Background imagePrisoners Collection: After Waterloo Prisoners

After Waterloo Prisoners
German victors and French prisoners after the battle. Date: 18-19 June 1815

Background imagePrisoners Collection: 1798 Scullabogue Massacr

1798 Scullabogue Massacr
Massacre at Scullabogue : Irish rebels trap prisoners in barn at set it on fire Date: 5 June 1798

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Sarah Martin conducting a service in Yarmouth Gaol

Sarah Martin conducting a service in Yarmouth Gaol
Sarah Martin (1791-1843), dressmaker, conducting a Sunday service for prisoners in the Tollhouse Gaol, Great Yarmouth. Date: circa 1830s

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Elizabeth Fry and Anna Buxton visiting women prisoners

Elizabeth Fry and Anna Buxton visiting women prisoners at Newgate Prison, London. Anna Buxton is seen kneeling in prayer. Date: 1813

Background imagePrisoners 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 imagePrisoners Collection: Leaflet, Crimson Tide vs Fighting Irish

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

Background imagePrisoners Collection: WW1 German Prisoners in Detention Compound at Frith Hill

WW1 German Prisoners in Detention Compound at Frith Hill
World War 1 German Prisoners in Detention Compound at Frith Hill, Deepcut, Camberley, near Farnborough, Surrey, England. Date: 1910s

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Prison Camp, Aldershot, Hampshire

Prison Camp, Aldershot, Hampshire
Prison Camp, Aldershot, near Farnham, Hampshire, England. Showing German Prisoners Date: 1910s

Background imagePrisoners Collection: Conscientious objectors on Dartmoor

Conscientious objectors on Dartmoor
Conscientious objectors at Princetown Prison working on the Prince of Waless Duchy of Cornwall Estate (which included the prison)

Background imagePrisoners 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 imagePrisoners 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 imagePrisoners Collection: A German Old Bill

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

Background imagePrisoners 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 imagePrisoners 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



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