A prisoner of war is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held captive by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
| Classification: | Prisoners of War |
| Title: | Find My Past's Prisoners Of War 1715-1945 |
| Link: | https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Prisoners Of War 1715-1945 |
| Extra Info: | These records hold vital information about men taken prisoner of war during both World Wars. |
| Classification: | World War II, Prisoners of War |
| Title: | Find My Past's WWII Prisoner of War Records |
| Link: | https://www.findmypast.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Prisoners of War 1939-1945 |
| Extra Info: | These records hold vital information about men taken prisoner of war during both World Wars. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Hospitals / Nursing |
| Title: | Genes Reunited |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Genes Reunited' Military Records |
| Extra Info: | Includes prisoners of war, medal rolls, some service records and more. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Officers' Records, Service Records, Medals / Awards, Uniforms / Badges |
| Title: | Military records |
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| Description: | Ancestry.co.uk's Military records |
| Extra Info: | Find the war heroes in your family in Ancestry.co.uk's millions of service records, medal records, casualty lists and other Army records and Navy records. |
| Classification: | World War II, Prisoners of War, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
| Title: | AJR My Story |
| Link: | https://www.ajrmystory.org.uk/ |
| Description: | My Story - The Association of Jewish Refugees |
| Extra Info: | The AJR's 'My Story' project tells the life stories of Jewish refugees and Holocaust survivors through the production of individual life story books |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War I, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records |
| Title: | Army Ancestry Research |
| Link: | https://armyancestry.blogspot.com/ |
| Description: | British Army research: tips, links and articles from a British military history expert. |
| Classification: | World War I, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Service Records |
| Title: | Army Service Numbers 1881-1918 |
| Link: | https://armyservicenumbers.blogspot.com/ |
| Description: | British regimental number research. |
| Extra Info: | British regimental number research. First World War research. Military research. British Army regiments. Regimental numbering sequences between 1881 and 1918. Regimental number series. Other rank prisoners of war 1914. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War II, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
| Title: | BBC - WW2 People's War |
| Link: | https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/catego... |
| Description: | BBC - WW2 People's War |
| Extra Info: | The BBC asked the public to contribute their memories of World War Two - this archive of 47,000 stories and 15,000 images is the result. |
| Classification: | Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records |
| Title: | British and German Deserters, Dischargees and POW's |
| Link: | British and German Deserters, Dischargees and POW's, 1774-1783 |
| Description: | British and German Deserters, Dischargees and POW's, 1774-1783 |
| Extra Info: | British and German Deserters, Dischargees and POW's who may have remained in Canada and the USA, 1774-1783. Part One and Two |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Academy / Training / Cadets, Information, Other |
| Title: | British Pathe Film Archive |
| Link: | https://www.britishpathe.com |
| Description: | British Pathe Film Archive 1896-1970 |
| Extra Info: | All sorts of social and military history on film. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War II, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Maps |
| Title: | Burma Star Memorial |
| Link: | https://burmastarmemorial.org/ |
| Description: | Burma Star Memorial |
| Extra Info: | The Burma Star Memorial Fund is a charity dedicated to the legacy and commemoration of all those who served in the Allied forces during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War II, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Officers' Records, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards |
| Title: | Fold3's UK World War 2 Records |
| Link: | http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1363683-10934994?url=... |
| Description: | Fold3's UK World War 2 Records main page. |
| Extra Info: | Ancestry's military history companion website with over 8.3 Million records. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Newspapers |
| Title: | Guardian Newspaper |
| Link: | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/-sp-... |
| Description: | Guardian Newspaper - How it Covered the Last Century |
| Extra Info: | The newspaper articles cover the period 1899-1999. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Ships, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Information, Other |
| Title: | Open Library |
| Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
| Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
| Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e books only. Can also search within book text easily. Includes many books about all aspects of British Military History. Includes lots of accounts of voyagers of exploration by naval ships. |
| Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs |
| Title: | Prisoners of the First World War. International Committee of the Red Cross - Index. |
| Link: | https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/ |
| Description: | 1914-1918 Prisoners of the First World War ICRC historical archives |
| Extra Info: | Includes Postcard images and index cards. |
| Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War |
| Title: | Prisoners Of War Sound Recordings 1916-1918 |
| Link: | https://findmypast.sjv.io/c/124526/1814440/20225?u... |
| Description: | Prisoners Of War Sound Recordings 1916-1918, by Find My Past |
| Extra Info: | 56 sound recordings of servicemen in German prison camps in the First World War. |
| Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War |
| Title: | Prisoners Of War, General Correspondence, 1915 |
| Link: | https://findmypast.sjv.io/c/124526/1814440/20225?u... |
| Description: | Prisoners Of War, General Correspondence, 1915, by Find My Past |
| Extra Info: | Official government documents, reports and personal letters from loved ones. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, World War II, Prisoners of War, Service Records, Medals / Awards |
| Title: | RAF Records : The Genealogist |
| Link: | https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/affiliate/?affid=... |
| Description: | Researching the RAF records for family historians |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
| Title: | Science and Society Picture Library |
| Link: | https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk |
| Description: | Science and Society Picture Library |
| Extra Info: | Over 50,000 images including many images of war, poster campaigns, letters from the wars and more. |
| Classification: | RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Prisoners of War, Service Records, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Diaries / Log Books / Letters |
| Title: | The National Archives Online Collections |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
| Classification: | World War I, Prisoners of War |
| Title: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
| Link: | https://ruhleben.tripod.com/ |
| Description: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
| Extra Info: | The site aims to try and tell the stories of as many of those civilians as possible |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, World War II, Prisoners of War |
| Title: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
| Link: | http://www.powtaiwan.org/ |
| Description: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
| Extra Info: | The site contains descriptions of the former camps, as well as an honour roll of the prisoners of war. |
| Classification: | Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Discharge / Pension Records, Officers' Records, Service Records, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Academy / Training / Cadets, Muster / Militia Rolls, Medals / Awards, Uniforms / Badges, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Newspapers, Maps, Information, Other |
| Title: | Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia |
| Link: | http://en.wikipedia.org/ |
| Description: | Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia |
| Extra Info: | Comprehensive general reference for most military topics. Use its search box to find your areas of interest. |
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