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German prisoners in the office, Handforth Camp, 1917

Lantern slide, World War One, POWs (1914-1918), 1917.

Handforth camp in Cheshire was opened in November 1914 in a converted rubber factory. It was initially used to intern enemy civilians. As the war progressed, sailors from the German navy and merchant fleet were also imprisoned there.

From a box of 60 lantern slides.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1978-11-157-6-30

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-6-30