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Officer's parole card, 1812

This parole card was issued to Lieutenant J Whitley of the 9th (The East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot on 30 December 1812. He was a prisoner at Verdun in France during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). As an officer, Whitley was allowed to leave his prison during the day as long as he promised to return! Photography had not yet been invented, so a detailed description of each prisoner's appearance was written down to make sure that no one had escaped.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1968-07-362-1

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1968-07-362-1

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