by Sean Longden
Kane, Ted ref1, ref2
Keens, Lieutenant Kenneth ref1
King, Corporal Graham ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28
King’s Royal Rifles ref1, ref2
Kite, Walter ref1
Königswartha ref1
Krombeke ref1
La Bassée ref1
La Pallice ref1, ref2, ref3
Lams, Madame ref1
Lamsdorf ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Lancaster, Private ref1
latrines ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Laufen ref1, ref2
Laval ref1
Lawrence, Private John ref1
Le Havre ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Le Mans ref1, ref2
Le Paradis ref1
Le Touquet ref1, ref2
Le Tréport ref1, ref2
Lee, Jim ref1
Legion of St George ref1
Leith ref1
liberation ref1
arrival in Britain ref1
emotional impact ref1
see also returned POWs
lice ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Lille ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Lister, Ernest ref1
Liverpool ref1
Lockie, RSM ref1
Lokeren ref1, ref2
London Scottish ref1
Loos ref1
looting ref1, ref2
Lord, Walter ref1
Lorraine, Captain Derick ref1
Lothian and Borders Horse ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Lothian and Borders Yeomanry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Louvain ref1
Louviers ref1
Lowden, Captain Guy ref1, ref2, ref3
Lübeck ref1
Luftwaffe ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Luxembourg ref1, ref2
Lyn-Allen, Captain ref1
Lyon ref1
Maastricht ref1, ref2
MacInnes, Captain ref1, ref2, ref3
Mackay, Lieutenant ref1
Mackenzie, Private ref1
MacLardy, Francis ref1
MacPherson, Eckie ref1
MacRae, Murdo ref1
Madrid ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Maginot Line ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Maish, Private ref1
Malines ref1
Malmedy ref1
malnutrition ref1, ref2, ref3
Marienburg ref1, ref2, ref3
Marquise ref1
Marseilles ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Mathias, E. Vernon ref1, ref2, ref3
Matthews, Noel ref1, ref2
Meadows, Bill ref1
medical personnel ref1
American ref1
French ref1
German ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
nurses ref1
operating room assistants (ORAs) ref1
prisoners of war ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
‘protected personnel’ status ref1, ref2, ref3
Stretcher-bearers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
surgeons ref1, ref2, ref3
see also ambulance units; Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC); wounded men
medical supplies ref1
mental health problems
long term POWs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
repatriated men ref1
returned POWs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Meteor ref1
Metz ref1
Middlesex Regiment ref1, ref2
Military Police ref1, ref2, ref3
militia, call up to ref1
Millar, ‘Dusty’ ref1, ref2
Mills, Private ref1
minesweepers ref1
mining operations ref1
Minne, André ref1
Minsk ref1
Miranda del Ebro ref1, ref2
mixed marching columns ref1, ref2
Mixed Medical Commission ref1
Moerbeck ref1
Mohr, Unteroffizier Karl ref1
Mons ref1, ref2
Mont des Cats ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Monte Cassino ref1
Montreuil ref1, ref2
Moore, Sergeant ref1
Moroccan soldiers ref1, ref2, ref3
Morris, Lt-Colonel ref1
Moscow ref1, ref2
Moseley, Oswald ref1, ref2
Mowatt, David ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21
Mulhouse ref1
Munby, Captain ref1
Murchie, Captain Charles ref1
Nantes ref1, ref2, ref3
National Ex-Prisoner of War Association ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
NCO prisoners of war ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
cliques ref1
collaboration ref1
disciplinary maintenance ref1
exemption from work ref1, ref2, ref3
Neave, Airey ref1
Netherlands ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Neubrandenburg ref1, ref2
Neufchâtel ref1, ref2
Newhaven ref1
Newman, Major ref1
Nice ref1
Nicholson, Brigadier ref1
Nijmegen ref1
Norfolk Regiment ref1, ref2, ref3
Norman, Frank ref1
North Africa ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Norway ref1, ref2
Nuremburg trials ref1
nurses ref1
O’Callaghan, Private Bill ref1
Ochancourt ref1
Odessa ref1, ref2, ref3
Odier, Madame ref1
officer prisoners ref1
accommodation ref1
batmen ref1
boredom ref1, ref2
financial resources ref1
parole conditions ref1
privileges ref1, ref2
segregation ref1, ref2
uniforms ref1
work exemption ref1
Oflag 4D ref1
Oflag 7B ref1
Oflag 7C ref1
Oflag 9 ref1
operating room assistants (ORAs) ref1
Operation Aerial ref1, ref2
Operation Barharossa ref1
Operation Dynamo ref1
Operation Whoopee ref1
Oran ref1, ref2
Orr-Ewing, Second-Lieutenant ref1
Osborne, Major-General Edmund Archibald ref1, ref2
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ref1, ref2, ref3
padres ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Paris ref1, ref2
Paris-Plage ref1
Parkinson, Second-Lieutenant ref1, ref2
patriotism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Pearce, Jim ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26
Pearson, Sapper Thomas ref1
Peronne ref1
Perpignan ref1
Petain, Marshal ref1
Peters, Dr ref1
Peterson, Derrick ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Phillimore, Lord ref1
phoney war ref1, ref2, ref3
Pingsaft, Oberleutnant von ref1
Pioneer Corps ref1, ref2
pleurisy ref1
Plymouth ref1, ref2, ref3
Poland ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Polish POWs ref1, ref2
Polish troops ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Polish underground ref1
Pooley, Private Bert ref1
Pornichet ref1
Port Bou ref1
Portugal ref1
Posen ref1, ref2, ref3
post-war media representation of POW life ref1, ref
2
Powell, Lieutenant ref1
Prioux, General ref1, ref2
Prison Habilitada Palacio Misiones ref1
prisoner of war camps
camp life
accommodation blocks ref1, ref2
Christmas ref1, ref2
clogs and footcloths ref1, ref2
clothing issues and shortages ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
clothing parcels ref1
collaborative activity ref1, ref2
delousing ref1
discipline ref1, ref2
disease outbreaks ref1, ref2, ref3
dog-eat-dog mentality ref1, ref2
entertainment ref1
escape attempts ref1, ref2
food rations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
gang formation ref1, ref2
humiliation ref1, ref2
latrines ref1, ref2, ref3
lice ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
mail ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
mental stagnation and trauma ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
morale, low ref1, ref2, ref3
morale, maintaining ref1, ref2
Polish civilian workers ref1
post-war media representation of ref1, ref2
prisoner registration ref1, ref2
rats ref1, ref2
religious services ref1
rumoured murders by inmates ref1, ref2, ref3
sack hounds ref1
showers ref1
sickness and diarrhoea ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
solitary confinement ref1
stalag hospitals ref1
stalag mentality ref1, ref2
suicides ref1, ref2, ref3
thieving ref1, ref2, ref3
underground accommodation ref1, ref2, ref3
weight loss ref1, ref2
working parties ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Cervera, Spain ref1
Colditz castle ref1
evacuation ref1
Frontstalag 142 ref1
Frontstalag 190 ref1
hospitals ref1
Laufen ref1
Marienburg ref1, ref2, ref3
Miranda del Ebro ref1, ref2
Oflag 4D ref1
Oflag 7B ref1
Oflag 7C ref1
Oflag 9 ref1
Posen ref1, ref2, ref3
Rotenburg ref1
Schubin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Spangenburg ref1
Stalag 2A ref1
Stalag 3A ref1
Stalag 4A ref1
Stalag 8B ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Stalag 9C ref1, ref2
Stalag 11A ref1
Stalag 20A ref1, ref2, ref3
Stalag 20B ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Stalag 21B ref1, ref2
Stalag 21D ref1
Thorn ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15
see also workcamps
prisoners of war
Belgian ref1, ref2
British numbers ref1
capture ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
Dutch ref1
educational classes ref1
escapes ref1, ref2
evacuation (1945) ref1
escapes ref1
executions ref1, ref2
outdoor sleeping ref1
sick POWs ref1
starvation rations ref1
executions and massacres ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
French ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
German civilians’ hostility to ref1, ref2, ref3
girlfriends and wives of ref1, ref2
humiliation of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
identification numbers ref1
insanity ref1
liberation ref1
march into captivity ref1, ref2, ref3
barge and ferry journeys ref1, ref2
circuits ref1
civilian sympathies and assistance ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
daily marches, duration of ref1
despair and loss of morale ref1, ref2, ref3
discriminatory treatment ref1, ref2, ref3
escape attempts ref1, ref2
food rations and shortages ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
foraging ref1
loss of kit ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
overnight stops ref1, ref2, ref3
rest stops ref1, ref2
routes ref1
separation of officers and other ranks ref1, ref2, ref3
sickness and diarrhoea ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
thieving ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
thirst ref1
train journeys ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
wounded men ref1
medical personnel ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
mistreatment of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
NCOs ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
officers ref1, ref2, ref3
personal possessions ref1
Polish ref1, ref2
registration process ref1
Russian ref1, ref2
searches of ref1, ref2
survival of the fittest mentality ref1, ref2
wounded men ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
propaganda
British ref1, ref2
German ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
prostitutes ref1, ref2
protected personnel
medical ref1, ref2, ref3
repatriation ref1
psychological effects of long–term
captivity ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Puttinger, Private ref1
Pyrenees ref1, ref2
Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Marseilles ref1
Queen Victoria Rifles ref1, ref2
Queen’s Regiment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
rabbit snaring ref1, ref2
Ramsgate ref1, ref2
rats ref1, ref2, ref3
Raybould, Charles ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Red Army ref1, ref2, ref3
Red Cross ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20
British ref1
French ref1
German ref1
lists of confirmed dead ref1
Swedish ref1
Red Cross parcels ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Reed, Jim ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
Reeves, Lance-Corporal Eric ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28
Reeves, Les ref1
refugees ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
aerial attacks on ref1, ref2
Belgian and Dutch ref1, ref2, ref3
German ref1
registration shells ref1
regular soldiers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
rehabilitation units ref1, ref2
Reid, Captain Patrick ref1
religious solace ref1
Rennes ref1, ref2
repatriation
exchange of prisoners ref1, ref2
mental health issues ref1
protected personnel ref1
wounded men ref1, ref2, ref3
Reserve Lazaret Obermassfeld ref1
returned POWs
back pay issues ref1
campaign medals ref1, ref2, ref3
disability pensions ref1
disillusionment ref1
outsider status ref1
psychological difficulties ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
regular soldiers ref1
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nbsp; rehabilitation units ref1, ref2
Rifle Brigade ref1
River Bresle ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
River Dendre ref1
River Dyle ref1, ref2, ref3
River Escaut ref1
River Lys ref1
River Meuse ref1, ref2
River Scheldt ref1, ref2
River Seine ref1
River Senne ref1
River Somme ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
River Waal ref1
Robertson, Captain ref1
Robertson, Colonel W.A. ref1
Rommel, General Erwin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Rose, Lance-Corporal ref1
Ross, Sergeant Kenny ref1
Rotenburg ref1
Rouen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Rowallan, Lt-Colonel Lord ref1, ref2
Royal Air Force (RAF) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
ambulance units ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
