Military History

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Researching Prisoners of War

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva keeps lists of all known POWs and internees of all nationalities for the Second World War. Enquiries concerning these lists should be directed to:

Archives Division and Research Service
International Committee of the Red Cross
19 Avenue de la Paix,
Geneva CH-1202,
Switzerland

email: archives.gva@icrc.org

International Committee Of The Red Cross


Book! Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945

That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in Germany or in German occupied territories in World War Two. It gives each POW's camp, POW number, surname, initials, rank, army number and regiment/corps.

It was re-published in 1990, by J B Hayward and Sons of Polstead, Suffolk (cost £38) ISBN 0-903754-61-

Useful Links

PRISONERS OF WAR - 109TH MEDICAL BATTALION (1942 - 1945)

For records of Servicemen and Women who served in WW2 and beyond:

Nuremberg Trials Project

20th Century Espionage

In Memories Details of Commonwealth World War One and Two communal cemeteries and graveyards in Belguim and France

National Archives of Australia

The Tank Museum