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101 photos and 6 illustrations tagged prisonerofwar, from 17 members of Flickr Commons.

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• prisonersofwar
• pows
• wwi
• greatwar
• worldwari
• worldwarone
• thegreatwar
• firstworldwar
• germanarmy
• soldiers
• heer
• imperialgermanarmy
• ww1
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• kaiserlichdeutschesheer
• soldier
• libraryofcongress
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• 19141918
• war
• france
• warphotography
• photographicprints

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• The Library of Congress 30 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 29 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Scotland 19 photos & illustrations
• British Library 6 photos & illustrations
• U.S. National Archives 4 photos & illustrations
• National Science and Media Museum 3 photos & illustrations
• University of Victoria Libraries 3 photos & illustrations
• IWM Collections 2 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 2 photos & illustrations
• Liberas 2 photos & illustrations
• Navy Medicine 1 photo / illustration
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 1 photo / illustration

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English boys, 14 1/2 & 16 years at Doeberitz (in uniforms) (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Retired at last said:

  What were English boys doing at a German army base?

• Art Siegel said:

  It was also a prison camp.
  
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_Ge...

• aware health said:

  I think the British Navy was still using cabin boys in WWI. Those look like army uniforms, so maybe there was an equivalent station in the army.
  
  histclo.com/essay/war/ww1/peo/cons/eng/w1e-boyv.html

German prisoners, Messines Ridge (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• B-59 said:

  The Sunday Oregonian July 22, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Image 59 printed this photo with the caption: "German prisoners taken by the British at the battle of Messlnes Ridge were rather pleased at being captured." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-07-22/ed-1/se...

• Art Siegel said:

  "German prisoners taken in the Battle of Messines, 8th June 1917."
  The same scene taken around the same time
  
  THE BATTLE OF MESSINES, JUNE 1917© IWM (Q 2277)

• Art Siegel said:

  The same shot, also from the Imperial War Museum site: "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION, Brooks, Ernest (Lieutenant) (Photographer), German prisoners taken in the Battle of Messines, 8th June 1917" www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205078029

German prisoners, Verdun (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Luc Brocard said:

  on horses these are french soldiers, their helmet is iconic