Prisoners Collection (page 9)

Freemasonry and the Homeland
Two captive officers, discovered to be Masons, are treated with certain privileges not usually seen in war prisoners. 1890s

American wounded and German POWs, Argonne, France, WW1
Wounded American troops and German prisoners of war in Argonne, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 5 October 1918

Prisoners captured by Australian troops near Gaza, WW1
Prisoners captured by the Australian Light Horse during the enemy retreat on the Gaza-Beersheba Line, Palestine, during the First World War. Date: 1917

German prisoners at Dernancourt, France, WW1
German prisoners of war arriving at a detention centre at Dernancourt, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Turkish prisoners captured, Tuz Khurmati, WW1
Turkish prisoners captured during action in Tuz Khurmati on the Tigris (now in Iraq) during the First World War. They were captured by the 38th Lancashire Brigade, 13th Division. Date: 29 April 1918

German prisoners of war with musical instruments, WW1
German prisoners of war in a detention camp, some of them with musical instruments, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Romanian prisoners of war, Sinaia, Romania, WW1
Romanian prisoners of war being set to work in Sinaia, Romania, during the First World War. Date: 26 December 1916

Winston Churchill at Chelmsford, Essex
Winston Churchill MP at Chelmsford, Essex. He was attending and making a speech at a Fete in aid of the Scottish Prisoners of War Fund, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Captured British troops, Dardanelles, WW1
Captured British troops in the Dardanelles (Turkey), during the First World War. Date: 1915-1916

Allied troops in Baghdad, Mesopotamia, WW1
Allied troops marching through Baghdad, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War, with Turkish prisoners under escort, and crowds of arab spectators on either side. Date: circa 1917

Poster seeking donations for Prisoners of War

Manchester Regiment in Malaya
Three members of the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment, stationed in the Far East, part of the British and Commonwealth defence force of Malaya and Singapore

Prisoners consulting room, Newgate Prison
Prisoners consulting room at Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862

Chapel exit indicator, Pentonville Prison
Device to signal prisoners order of exit from chapel at Pentonville Prison, London. Date: 1862

Arnhem prisoners launch mobile food restaurant
Three ex-officers of the Parachute Regiment, captured at Arnhem, having sunk their savings into a new idea in catering conceived in a German POW camp

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - bed designs
Bed designs in Jeremy Benthams proposed panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The scheme, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Prison Van and prisoners, Clerkenwell
Prison Van taking prisoners to the Middlesex House of Detention at Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Clothes fumigation at Coldbath Fields Prison
Prisoners clothes being fumigated in a heated cabinet at Coldbath Fields Prison, Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Friends visiting prisoners at Coldbath Fields Prison, Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

First American POWs - WWI - 1917
First eight American POWs in a German Camp. Date: 1917

THE RADIUM MASTER (Jim Vanny) Earth explorers on Urania are prisoners of a robot controlled by the masked Emperor Date: 1930

Battle of Springfield
BATTLE OF SPRINGFIELD General Sigel forces his prisoners to draw off his cannon at the Battle of Springfield. Date: 1861

Clerkenwell Prison / 1862
Prisoners are taken from Clerkenwell House of Detention to the courts in a horse-drawn coach. 1862

Beyond the Planetoids
BEYOND THE PLANETOIDS (Edwin K Sloat) As the two pirate ships collide, the escaped prisoners - fortunately wearing space suits - hurtle into the void Date: 1932

German prisoners of war at Frimley, Surrey
German prisoners of war marching to Frith Hill Compound (a POW camp) from Frimley Station in Surrey. The prisoners are being escorted by British soldiers carrying rifles

Prisoner of war camp, Catterick, Yorkshire
A group of six inmates pose amongst flower beds at a World War One prisoner of war camp at Catterick, North Yorkshire

False stamps manufactured by French prisoners of war during World War One

British infantrymen guard Bulgarian prisoners
British infantrymen escort Bulgarian prisoners captured during the Anglo-French attack at Lake Doiran in August 1916. The British troops are wearing the summer uniform issued to them in the Balkans

Onboard the prison ship The Warrior
Prisoners wash at low basins while observed by officers, onboard the convict hulk ship, The Warrior. The practice of confining offenders on board such ships was first adopted in England in 1776; it

Exercise Yard, Holloway Prison, North London
Male prisoners taking a turn around the exercise yard at Holloway Prison in north London. Their perambulations were apparently something of a spectator sport

Men exercising, Wandsworth Prison, south west London
Inmates in the exercise yard at Wandsworth Prison, south west London

Oxford Prison, Oxfordshire
Inmates in the exercise yard at Oxford prison with St Georges Tower looming behind. The prison was originally established in around 1166 as a county gaol and located within the towns Norman castle

Bakery, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Scene in the bakery at Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London. Prisoners are making bread under the supervision of the prison cook who wears a chefs overalls and hat

Dartmoor Convict Prison, Princetown, Devon
An aerial view of Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon. The prison was originally constructed in 1806-9 to hold French prisoners taken during the Napoleonic Wars

Dartmoor Prison mutiny, January 1932
An aerial view of Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon, during a major disturbance there in January 1932. Smoke is pouring from the central part of the buildings

Prison officers, Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon
Uniformed prison officers stand at the main gate of Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon. The prison was originally constructed in 1806-9 to hold French prisoners taken during the Napoleonic wars

Fortress prison at Pylos, Greece
Built by the Turks in the 16th century, the fortress of Pylos served more recently as a prison, as can be seen on this card

German Prisoners of War - end of WWI
Released German Prisoners of War heading marching back to Germany

Detail, Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, Italy
Detail of a bas relief sculpture on the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome, Italy, depicting the delivery of four prisoners of war

Turkish Prisoner of War Camp - WWI
Tukish Prisoner of War ( Detention ) Camp at Kiangheri (Asia Minor) during the First World War, housing captured British and Colonial troops, captured during the Dardanelles Campaign

French prisoners at Dunkirk WWII
French prisoners surrender to the Germans at Dunkirk during World War II

Chatham Prison Riots - The Mess-house
The Mess-house at St Marys Convict Prison, Chatham - where a riot broke out in early March 1861

Chatham Prison Riots - The Convicts at Labour
Convicts at labour breaking rocks at St Marys Convict Prison, Chatham. A serious riot broke out here amongst the inmates in early March 1861, which had to be forcibly put down by the military

Chatham Prison Riots - Arrival of the Military
The Arrival of the Military at St Marys Convict Prison, St Marys Island, Chatham, to quell a disturbance amongst the inmates

Captured French Algerian soldiers during the First World War, in captivity in Gottingen, Germany in 1915

The Jameson Raid: A Courtroom scene
A court room scene in the trial of Doctor Jameson and his officers at Bow Street, February 25th 1896. The prisoners from left to right are as follows: H.N Grenfell, K.J.F Smith, C.H Villiers, J

British Prisoners - Dardanelles - WW1
British Prisoners captured by Turkish forces during the Dardanelles Campaign. A group of three officers

British Prisoners - Dardanelles - WW1
British Prisoners captured by Turkish forces during the Dardanelles Campaign. A group of officers and privates seated on an open area in front of a group of Nissen huts

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