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List of British Officers Taken Prisoner in the various Theatres of War between August, 1914 & November, 1918.
Facsimile reprint of 1919 Ed., 218pp., printed card covs. LSE/Toad Hall.
1988
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Valuable listing of nearly 8000 officers PoWs noting date missing & repatriated, successful escapes noted also if interned to Holland, died &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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List of British Officers Taken Prisoner in the various Theatres of War between August, 1914 & November, 1918.
Facsimile reprint of 1919 Ed., 218pp., printed card covs. LSE/Toad Hall.
1988
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Valuable listing of nearly 8000 officers PoWs noting date missing & repatriated, successful escapes noted also if interned to Holland, died &c. VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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The British Prisoner of War. The Monthly Journal of the Central Prisoners of War Committee of the British Red Cross & Order of St. John. Vol. I, No. 12, December 1918.
[20]+ivpp, 4to, approx. 10 photos.. Printed for the British PoW Committee.
1918
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News & information for those concerned with or related to British PoWs abroad, including article on Pforzheim PoW camp. See illustration on our website.
£25
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ACKERLEY (J.R.) Intro.
Escapers All: Being the Personal Narratives of Fifteen Escapers from War-Time Prison Camps 1914-1918.
2nd Imp., 302pp., 15 portraits, 3 maps & plans. VG in chipped dw. John Lane.
1932
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A successful series of talks on the BBC in 1932 led to this book, with intro. by another PoW, the author (Capt., 8th East Surreys). Orig. cloth, VG in attractive & rare dw (sl. chipped, generally VG). See illustration on our website.
£95
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CUST (L.G.A., Lieut., RFA)
From Ploegsteert to Graudenz: The Story of a Prisoner-of-War.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., [v]+77pp., frontis., plate, 4 photos. Privately Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd.
1919
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Very rare memoirs privately published in a small limited edition. Lionel George Archer Cust, 85th Batt. RFA, was captured in the Catacombs, Ploegsteert, 11th April 1918 during the Lys offensive, whilst acting as liaison officer to 7th Inf. Bde. He describes ops. around Messines 7-11 April then experiences of capture & life at Rastatt & Graudenz PoW camps. VG, with advert loosely inserted offering copies at 5/-, available from the printer at Eton College, the author's father at Datchet House, Datchet, & Hatchards. See illustration on our website.
£125
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GREEN (Arthur)
The Story of a Prisoner of War.
1st Ed., orig. dec. card covs. (with portrait of the author in 'hospital blues'), [vii]+96pp., portrait frontis. Chatto & Windus.
1916
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No. 6646 Pte. Green, 1st SLI, 4th Div. Charming naive descriptions of mobilisation & arrival in France until the author was promptly wounded & captured near Le Cateau. Sixteen months in PoW camps followed before he was repatriated. God Save the King! Somewhat worn, neatly tape repaired, sound thus, rare & appealing. See illustration on our website.
£85
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JOHNSTON (Capt. M.A.B., RGA) & KEARSLEY (Capt. K.D., RE)
450 Miles to Freedom.
1st Ed., [ix]+295pp., 8 plates, fldg. map. Blackwood.
1919
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Classic account of eight British officers' escape from Changri camp in Turkey. Orig. blue pictorial cloth, sp. little rubbed, generally VG, nice copy of 1st Ed. See illustration on our website.
£35
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LAIRD (Trooper Donald Harry, 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles)
Prisoner Five-One-Eleven.
1st Ed., 115pp., portrait frontis., one other portrait. Toronto: Ontario Press Ltd. nd (c.1919)
#67854
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Experiences of training in London, Ontario, active service in the trenches of the Ypres Salient, wounded & captured in June 1915 at Sanctuary Wood, hospitals & prison camps in Germany until exhanged & sent to Switzerland in 1917. Orig. brown cloth, titled in black to front & sp., VG & scarce. See illustrations on our website.
£85
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MCCARTHY (D.J.)
The Prisoner of War in Germany: The Care & Treatment of the Prisoner of War, with a History of the Development of the Principle of Neutral Inspection & Control.
3rd (enlarged) Ed., 256pp. Skeffington. nd (c.1918).
#62835
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"based upon personal experience of several months' intimate contact, in an official position, with the problem involved. It might be said that this is, in simple language, a report of a survey of the PoW situation in Germany for the year 1916" - Preface. This edition with new chapter on reprisals & expanded matter on diet. Orig. cloth, minor wear, generally VG. See illustration on our website.
£35
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SANDES (Major E.W,C., DSO, MC, RE)
Tales of Turkey.
1st Ed., xiii+173pp., 7 photos. Murray.
1924
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Incidents & adventures of the author whilst a Prisoner of War in Turkey 1916-18, including the fall of Kut (when the author was captured, &c.): "Few men... can truly describe a country or a nation till they have lived among the common people in that country for several years & have observed them under all conditions & in all moods... if my narrative... throws a ray or two of light on a country which is now much in the public eye, I shall feel that my two & a half years in Turkey were well spent..." - Preface. Orig. red cloth, sp. sunned o/w VG & rare with armorial bookplate & pencil ownership inscrip. of R.D. Merriman, an officer of the Royal Indian Marine who was also taken PoW at the fall of Kut & who has made several interesting pencil annotations to the text. See illustrations on our website.
£165
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