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Chinese prisoners, bound together with ropes, are led away by their Japanese captors during the Battle of Shanghai. Date: November 1937
Singapore service 1945Following the liberation of Singapore in September 1945, the Bishop of Singapore leads a service at Changi Jai, attended by many released Prisoners of War. Date: 1945
German prisoners captured in WWI, 1918Some of the German prisoners of war captured by the Canadian forces in August 1918: a typical scene in the preliminary collecting cages
German prisoners in Britain, baking bread, 1946German prisoners in Britain post-World War Two. Rolling dough for the camps bread, a highly skilled job performed by prisoners who were all bakers before the war, with excellent results
German Prisoners of War marching to Redruth workhouseGerman Prisoners captured at Falmouth being marched to the workhouse along West End, Redruth Date: Circa 1914
German camp in BelgiumA large German military camp near Li駥 in Belgium, following the struggle for the town of Vis頤 uring the German advance
Internment campIllustration showing the cramped interior of a Japanese internment camp at Changi, Singapore, during World War Two. Date: 1942
German Prisoners of War 1916The first batch of German prisoners taken during the opening of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916. Date: 1916
Prisoners ExchangedThe French and the Austrians exchange prisoners. Date: 11 December 1795
Prisoners Massacred53 prisoners from Orleans are massacred at Versailles by a mob from Paris, along with 20 incarcerated in the prisons of Versailles. Date: 9 September 1792
Italy PignerolAt various periods Pignerol has been in French hands : its massive fortress has housed many famous prisoners, but none more celebrated than The Man in the Iron Mask. Date: 17th century
William WheatleyWILLIAM WHEATLEY philanthropist who befriended discharged prisoners Date: late 19th century
French Prison ChapelPrisoners kneeling in prayer in the pews of a prison chapel in France. Date: 1930s
Senegal - Rebellion at Thies - Sarithia Dieye and Canar FallThe circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the Thies rebellion remain obscure. An article at the time said that the rebellion began after the sentencing to 15 days in jail of Diery Fall
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
Performance by British POWs during WWIIA 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
Kimberley, South Africa - Convicts sorting for diamonds Date: circa 1903
The Prison Group - possibly 17th century Spain.. Date: 1846
German prisoners made to carry their guns - WWIGerman prisoners made to carry their captured heavy guns - Western Front, WWI Date: circa 1916
British troops in India pretend to be rock-breaking convictsBritish troops stationed in India having a bit of fun playing at being convicts! The caption " Ah (sic) we downhearted - roll on Oct"
Monument to Russian Prisoners of War - WWI Date: circa 1919
Political Prisoners in Jail on Con Son IslandCon Son Island, the largest island of the Con Dao archipelago, off the coast of southern Vietnam. In 1861, the French colonial government established a prison on the island to house political
Prisoners of the Germans during WWIPrisoners captured by German forces during the First World War. Date: circa 1916
Dutch prisoners loaded onto ships - Luanda, AngolaDutch prisoners loaded onto Portuguese ships in the Harbour of Luanda after defeat in the Colonial War in Angola. Date: 1648
Paris (1902). Womens prison of Saint Lazare. The prisoners leaving the dining room. Etching
JOVER Y CASANOVA, Francisco (1836-1890). Cardinal Cisneros liberating the prisoners in Oran. c. 1879. SPAIN. Madrid. Senate Palace. Oil on canvas
Spain. Third Carlist War. Carlist prisoners walking across the mountains in Empordࠨ Catalonia). Engraving
Enchaining of prisoners at the Bic괲e PrisonEnchaining of prisoners at the Bic괲 e Prison, Paris. Illustration by Gabriel Cloquemin (s. XIX). Litography. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)
Prison Fire DrillPrisoners take part in a fire drill at an unidentified prison. Date: Date unknown
Prisoner mug shot 1872-1873Prisoner, 3954, Wandsworth, 1872-1873, 28 year old man Date: 1872-1873
Prisoner mug shotPrisoner Lucy Freeman, Cambridge, 1875-1877 Date: 1875-1877
Prisoner mug shot 1873Prison record for Catherine Reardon, prisoner 2573, aged 48, arrested and convicted by jury for larceny 26th April 1873
Convicts at work, 1836 Date: 1836
Convict railway, Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1830 Date: 1830
Convicts in TasmaniaConvicts rafting pine logs, Grummet Island, Macquarie Harbor, Tasmania, 1830 Date: 1830
Pentonville Prison 1895
The severe battle of Teh-li-sz and Russian prisoners were questioned by our officers -- the illustration of the battls of Japa and Russia no. 14
Confederate prisoners captured at the battle of Fishers Hill, VA. Sent to the rear under guard of Union troops. Date 1864
Union prisoners at Salisbury, N. CUnion prisoners at Salisbury, N.C. Date c1863
Confederate prisoners at Belle Plain Landing, Va. captured with Johnsons Division, May 12, 1864. Date photographed 1864, printed later
A representation of the massacre of American prisoners in Dartmoor Prison, April 6, 1815. Keyed diagram of prison. Date c1845
WWI - Great Advance - German PrisonersWWI - The Great Advance - captured German Prisoners flowing past British troops. 1st July 1916. Date: 1916
Group of Confederate prisoners at Fairfax court-house. Date 1863 June printed later, c1866
Point Lookout, Md - View of Hammond Genl. Hospital & U. S. GePoint Lookout, Md - View of Hammond Genl. Hospital & U.S. Genl. Depot for prisoners of war. Date c1864 Mar. 2. Point Lookout, Md - View of Hammond Genl. Hospital & U.S. Genl
Andersonville Prison, Camp Sumter, Ga. as it appeared August 1st 1864 when it contained 35, 000 prisoners of war. Date 1864 or later
Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of WarAllied prisoners of war, following their liberation by the Russian Red Army, await repatriation in Odessa. The ex-prisoners had marched or hitch-hiked across Europe to Odessa
Sakhalin Island, Russia - Convicts at working moving timberRussian Convicts on Sakhalin Island work to move timber on a basic railroad. A katorga (penal colony) was established by Russia on Sakhalin in 1857. Date: circa 1910s
The Rescue by Marions BrigadeSergeants Newton and Jasper of Marions Brigade, rescuing American prisoners from a British guard, who had stacked their muskets while resting near a spring. South Carolina, 1779. Date: 1876