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23 October 2018
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6 things you may not know about POWs in England during the First World War

Prisoners were interned in hundreds of locations across England, ranging from purpose-built camps holding thousands of men, to locations that held just a few individuals. Read more
9 October 2018
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Life behind the wire: rare images of Prisoner of War Camps

From the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, German prisoners of war (POWs) began arriving in England.Read more

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