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===== ICRC Archives=====
*[http://grandeguerre.icrc.org Prisoners of the First World War - ICRC Archives]. Free online records of the International Committee of the Red Cross. These records may be quite complex to search, and there are many helpful hints about searching on the Great War Forum.<ref>David_Underdown et al. [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/215376-red-cross-records-to-go-online-4-august/ Red Cross records to go online 4 August] ''Great War Forum'' 2 August 2014. BillyH et al. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160827022945/http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?/topic/242522-icrc-records-help-please/ ICRC Records - Help please] ''Great War Forum'' 27 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.</ref> There is also some information on the Long, Long Trail website - "Records of British prisoners of war 1914-1918" and "Making the most of the Red Cross prisoner of war records"<ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/records-of-british-prisoners-of-war-1914-1918/ Records of British prisoners of war 1914-1918] and [http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/records-of-british-prisoners-of-war-1914-1918/making-the-most-of-the-red-cross-prisoner-of-war-records/ Making the most of the Red Cross prisoner of war records] The Long, Long Trail.</ref>. The records include soldiers of the Indian Army taken as POWs on the Western Front and sent to Germany.
**Forces War Records, a pay website, includes a transcribed database [https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/collections/179/wwi-prisoner-of-war-records/ WWI Prisoner of War Records] based on ICRC records of British soldiers. However, there is no information about the number of transcribed records available.
**[https://www.scribd.com/lists/4561758/Rapports-14-18 Reports by ICRC about Prisoner of War Camps, WW1] French language. ICRC on scribd.com. Also available through the ICRC website, click on individual camps in list of camps.
*[https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/icrc-archives/ ICRC Archives] in Geneva has records for the [[Second World War]]. There is a quarterly "quota" for enquires, due to staff numbers but if the quota has been exceeded, you can apply at the beginning of the next quarter. Details are linked from the page [https://www.icrc.org/en/document/researching-victims-conflict Researching victims of conflict].
