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Until April 1901 the British captured approx 25,000 Boers. Of these various numbers were sent to various places as POWs.Only a total of 9000 Boer POWs were ever sent out to India of this number, and they were held in some 14-15 camps in selected Indian cantonments.A ten year old boy was known to be a prisoner in India.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Boer-Boy-Memoirs-Anglo-Boer-Youth/dp/1770221387 ''Boer Boy: Memoirs of an Anglo-Boer War Youth''] by Chris Schoeman 2011. Biography of Charles du Preez, POW at Umballa and Solon, where he was the youngest inmate. Amazon.com.</ref>

*Kaity ( Keti,Kaiti) in the Nilgiris, near [[Ootacamund]]. There is also mention of a camp at Wellington which is in the same area. It is not known whether these are the same, or different camps.

*[[Umballa]], now Ambala.

===FamilySearch digitised microfilms===*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/185421?availability=Family%20History%20Library Archives of the Staff Officer, Prisoners of War, Cape Town, 1900-1903 (SO/POW)] Microfilm . Digitised microfilm of originals at the Transvaal Archives Depot, Pretoria. Contains details of Boer prisoners of war, lists of prisoners who were in the various camps in India, Ceylon, St. Helena and Portugal, lists of prisoners who were released, paroled or who took the oath of allegiance.*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/567053?availability=Family%20History%20Library Lists of prisoners of war in South Africa, 1899-1902] Microfilm . Digitised microfilm of original manuscripts in Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa. High reduction (42x) microfilm, use high magnification reader. Published lists of Afrikaner prisoners of war, arranged alphabetically and chronologically, with full name, home address, marital status, regiment location, age; date and place of capture, internment, death, relocation; notes on parole, rank, or release during the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902). Besides South Africa, many P.O.W.s were relocated to the island of St. Helena, India, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and elsewhere in the British Empire.*Both series of digitised microfilms appear to be freely available on your home computer, but if not, see [[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|How to order microfilms]]for viewing options.

*[http://www.anglo-boerwmbr.coorg.za/pow/pow-camps-overseasview.asp?pg=research&pgsub=prison&pgsub1=2&head1=Prisoners%20of%20War POW Camps Overseas].php Prisoner of War Camps in the Boer War in India , Ceylon and St Helena] with a [http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/pow/pow-camps-overseas-2.php map] from [http://www.anglo-boerwmbr.coorg.za/ Anglo Boer War Museum]. This website includes a [http://www.anglo-boerwmbr.coorg.za/database-search/indexview.phpasp?sectionpg=research&pgsub=databases&head1=Prisoners_of_War#sectionHeader Search Prisoners of War database search] (archive.org links *[httpshttp://webwww.archiveangloboerwar.orgcom/other-information/89-prisoner-of-war-camps/web1840-camp-for-boers-india Camps for Boers - India] angloboerwar.com (This link is found at Miscellaneous information/20130609121044Prisoner of war camps/httpCamps for Boers – India). Also [https://www.anglo-boerangloboerwar.co.zacom/powother-information/pow89-prisoner-of-war-camps/1839-camp-for-boers-ceylon-sri-lanka Camps for Boers -overseas.php 1Ceylon (Sri Lanka)] and [https://webwww.archiveangloboerwar.orgcom/webother-information/20130609135209/http://www.anglo89-prisoner-of-war-boer.co.za/powcamps/pow1842-camps-overseasfor-boers-st-helena Camps for Boers -2St Helena].php 2])*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130917032246/http://ancestry24.com/boers/ Boers],( ancestry24.com, now archived) includes a section “Boer Prisoners of War – Camps” (scroll down) including general mention of the camps in India. (*Article [https://web.archive.org/web/2013091703224620160316191705/http://ancestry24www.com/boers/ archivejwtc.org] link)*[http://www.angloboerwar.comza/other-informationresources/89-prisoner-of-war-campsdocs/1840salon-campvolume-for-boers-india Camps for Boers - India] angloboerwar.com (This link may be slow to load and is found at Miscellaneous information2/Prisoner of war camps/ Camps for Boers – India)isabelhofmeyer_southsouthgothic.*Article pdf "South-South Gothic" ] by Isabel Hofmeyr, University of the Witwatersrand . jwtc.org.za, now archived. “A haunting tale of suspense featuring a cemetery in the punjab, boer prisoner of war graves, cold war neo-medievalism and much more” [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:XEWh-77E5VQJ:www.jwtc.org.za/resources/docs/salon-volume-2/isabelhofmeyer_southsouthgothic.pdf+pow+camp+india&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShznQqtlxi_aPWcyWP3dMEUhE-Mhj2m-G-j0nhE_7CZkUUexSF5kzUiwg7riqiS-myVHvclUlEDpIY3ZUXUsYndgxa-xgY3yCZY8VFXdCjVsMO8YuslITqxUXeObTvthzPrfyXq&sig=AHIEtbSKbsyvoPlk2j_L80I-DXnZKlqISw html version], [http://www.jwtc.org.za/resources/docs/salon-volume-2/isabelhofmeyer_southsouthgothic.pdf original pdf]*Article "The Indian Ocean Civil Dead: Boer Prisoner-of-War Graves in India" by Isabel Hofmeyr, University of the Witwatersrand. Paper presented cemetery at "The Politics of Heritage" 8-9 July 2011 Museum Africa, Johannesburg [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Gw_ntkh19OkJ:sitemaker.umich.edu/politics.of.heritage/files/hofmeyr_war_graves.pdf+pow+camp+india&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShv_AQMFyCV-rQUrA-kcSXC7EQys_rP-XLqES7YEfiOx1rcuvERPCUsAQHQ1vjXoatDa9GV19vgXsjfhAUjdnJgOXKmalg2Fv484U1EhOlcaq3713siWg2wiFApqkS0E0ZVWgF9&sig=AHIEtbTp299TZ0XpzVRhBLkClhfEA85JRg html version[Ambala]], [http://sitemaker.umich.edu/politics.of.heritage/files/hofmeyr_war_graves.pdf original pdf]*Article [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.geocities.com/enugareddy/southafrica/1991-1992-Boer_Prisoners_of_War_in_India.pdf "Boer Prisoners Of War In India"] by E S Reddy written in 1991-1992. Now an archived webpage.A download to your computer, which you may need to locate in a downloads folder)

*Article "India and the Anglo-Boer War" by E S Reddy 29 July 1999 [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:bcYW58v9fasJ:www.geocities.com/enugareddy/southafrica/1999-India_and_the_Anglo-Boer_War.pdf+POW+Camp+India+Boer&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShYNo1YF40HGHDZhlFiuc1EHJw1kmVyu8hOAn-_KytBFAQt906soL3NK3a4eXkWR32092nuPaG7OzkUb40YEtM-W8K8lkKK-vF5Tga2oa8CfU6ogDQtAu1TmMgvJ3LBTLHauI1O&sig=AHIEtbRXl59r063fFyGR3GfE74xJ93OXLA html version], [http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.geocities.com/enugareddy/southafrica/1999-India_and_the_Anglo-Boer_War.pdf original pdf "India and the Anglo-Boer War"] by E S Reddy 29 July 1999 now archived], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130310232326/http://mkgandhi.org/articles/boer_war.htm version from mkgandhi.org], without footnotes

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131127124539/http://www.filat.ch/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1282 India 1902 Fort Govindgarh Censored Envelope With Letter] "The POW camp at Fort Govindargh was known as "The Hell" amongst the 1200 Boer prisoners kept there. The heat was oppressive and the Boers sometimes swam in the moat surrounding the fort. The water, however, was polluted and inevitably would give both the POWs and their guards typhoid fever. The camp was eventually closed on 10 December 1902". (filat.ch, now an archived webpage.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131127124539/http:/20090807124745/www.filat.ch/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1282 archive.org] link)*[http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5354208/Boer-prisoner-of-war-art.html Boer prisoner of war art] Extract of article by Fransjohan Pretorius in ''History Today'' 1 March 2006, now an archived webpage. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090807124745/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5354208/Boer-prisoner-of-war-art.html archive.org] link)

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140310132142/http://www.freestatetennis.co.za/files/2013/fs_tennis_history/The_History_of_Tennis_in_the_Free_State.pdf The History of Tennis in the Free State] advises that tennis was played at the camps in Ahmednagar, Amritsar and Trichinopoly. freestatetennis.co.za, now an archived webpage.

:[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol113an.html "Boer prisoners of war on the Island of St Helena"] by A J Nathan. ''Military History Journal'' Vol 11 No 3/4 - October 1999. The South African Military History Society.:*Article [https://web.archive.org/web/20120724205739/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/island-of-no-return/story-e6frg8rf-1226424604109 "Island of no return"] ([[St. Helena]]) by Gavin Bell ''Weekend Australian 14 July 2012'' Travel and Indulgence section, page 1 briefly says "Nothing remains of a prisoner-of-war camp on a high plateau where 6000 Afrikaners were held during the Boer War, but the graves of 156 who never saw their homeland again are carefully tended on a steep hillside. Two granite obelisks bearing their names stand as a memorial ...". Now an archived webpage.:Also see the Fibiwiki page [[St. Helena]] for additional information about POWs in St. Helena.

**page 57 [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportsonbritish00inteuoft#page/56/mode/2up Camp for Convalescents at SchweboShwebo], Burma. Turkish prisoners of war.

*[http://grandeguerre.icrc.org 
Prisoners Of The First World War- 
ICRC Historical RecordsArchives]. International Committee of the Red Cross. Includes a free Search facility. Retrieved 4 August 2014** The International Prisoners-of-War Agency. The ICRC in World War One. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/icrc_002_0937.pdf html version], [http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/icrc_002_0937.pdf pdf] An eleven page 2007 document setting out the type of records available. Retrieved 4 August 2014*[https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=8DF1E713C2B47BF5!568&ithint=file%2cpdf&app=WordPdf&authkey=!AEkNEeEoAkHHztY Finding Aid: Foreign Office Files (FO 383) at the National Archives: Regarding Military & Civilian Prisoners of War: List of Files and Contents: 1915-1919]. Compiled September 2014 by seaforthsof the Great War Forum, and now available as a pdf from that Forum.<ref> seaforths [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/218552-foreign-office-files-on-pows-fo-383/index.php?showtopicdo=218552findComment&hlcomment= "3074906 Foreign Office Files on POWs (FO 383)"] ''Great War Forum'' 30 September 201412 December 2021. Retrieved 30 September 201413 December 2021.</ref> Contains a FIND (Search) function. onedrive.live.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014. Contains references such as

**From notes in the Australian Archives regarding 34 Welsh General Hospital in Deolali : Sister Alma L. Bennett, Matron in 1917, said: ‘containing 3000 beds – 4 hrs train journey from Bombay'. ... Our cases were all from Mesopotamia – some direct – others individually coming from various Bombay Hospitals… We also had 200 Turkish Prisoners of War, almost all Surgical cases, some with shocking wounds – septic.’ Matron Gertrude Davis said: ‘When we became a P. of W. hospital our number of beds was increased to 700, 200 for British and 500 for prisoners as later we had the German prisoners from East Africa also an occasional one from Mespot’. <ref> Great War Forum kjharris. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/topic/forums112227-concentration-camp-_-deolali/index.php?showtopicdo=112227findComment&pcomment=2022171 postConcentration Camp Deolali] by 'KateH'Great War Forum'' dated 23 January 2014, part of a thread 'Concentration Camp Deolali'. Retrieved 13 September 2019. </ref>:Also see Historical books online, above.*Turkish POWS on the ship S.S. Ellenga in Bombay Harbour in late December 1915 are mentioned in a poem written by Rifleman John Layton of the 18th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, who wrote "Those barbarious Turkish brutes, who looked a deplorable sight. They were dirty and covered with vermin, dying like rotten sheep"<ref>stiletto_33853 [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/index.php?showtopic=53333 -18th-rifle-brigade/ 18th Rifle Brigade] ''Great War Forum '' 30 May 2006 et al. Retrieved 8 December 201413 September 2019.</ref>*The There was a POW Camp for Turkish prisoners at Kirkee<ref>Huw (Guest PJI777). [[Belgaum]] is mentioned in the entry for 6 April 1918 from [httphttps://webwww.archivegreatwarforum.org/webtopic/20040407134248111506-kirkee-india-april-1919/http?do=findComment&comment=2208175 Kirkee India April 1919] ''Great War Forum'' 4 January 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2019.</ref>. It is possible that it was located near a hospital to provide labour for the hospital.<ref>kjharris. [https://homewww.claragreatwarforum.netorg/nhpendalltopic/fpdiary111506-kirkee-india-april-1919/?do=findComment&comment=1663057 Kirkee India April 1919] ''Great War Forum'' 2 November 2011, Retrieved 7 November 2019.htm The Diary </ref> An image of Frederick Pendall]an tobacco tin was seen, a member with the inscription Prisoners of War Camp Kirkee India 1914-1918 A V Lawes 62515 8th Welch Pioneers<ref>Image of tobacco tin inscribed Prisoners of War Camp Kirkee India 1914-1918 A V Lawes 62515 8th Welch Pioneers. Retrieved 15 January 2015, but no longer available.</ref>, perhaps indicating the Norfolk regiment who camp was in Belgaum from March 1917 to March 1918 (archived website) operation throughout the war.*British Library India Office Records catalogue [http://wwwsearcharchives.stampcommunitybl.orguk/primo_library/libweb/action/topicsearch.aspdo?TOPIC_IDmenuitem=0&fromTop=true&fromPreferences=false&fromEshelf=false&vid=20627 Postcard to Germany from Ahmednagar POW camp 1919IAMS_VU2 Search] stampcommunityresult IOR/L/PJ/6/1504, File 4110 includes a brief mention of Turkish War Prisoners Camp, Nowgong, Central India.org. (*[httpshttp://webamitavghosh.archive.orgcom/web/20131128053807blog/?p=4657 Turkish POWs in India and Burma: First World War, Part 1] by Vedica Kant September 14, 2012; [http://wwwamitavghosh.stampcommunity.orgcom/blog/topic.asp?TOPIC_IDp=20627 archive4667 Part 2] September 17, 2012 amitavghosh.org] link)com

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140327035305/http://www.turkishreview.org/tr/newsDetail_getNewsById.action?newsId=223337 The history hidden in Haydarpaşa Cemetery] by Vedika Kant 01 August 2013. turkishreview.org, now an archived webpage. Includes a section on the Thayetmyo POW camp*[https://webarmenianweekly.archive.orgcom/2019/web08/2012031314571706/turkish-and-armenian-prisoners-of-war-held-in-india-and-burma-during-wwi/ "Turkish and Armenian Prisoners of War Held in India and Burma During WWI"] by Harut Sassounian August 6, 2019 ''The Armenian Weekly''.*[http://gaeblernek.istanbul.infoedu.tr:4444/ekos/politikTEZ/indien-1ET001765.htm Reports of Germans about the time of the First World War in British Indiapdf BİRİNCİ DÜNYA SAVAŞI’NDA İNGİLİZLERE ESİR DÜŞEN TÜRK ASKERLERİ] by Vedat TÜFEKÇİ Includes two reports concerning AhmednagerTurkish language doctoral thesis, and reports from missionaries Istanbul University 2019. English title (possibly) "Turkish soldiers who were captured by the British in the campsfirst war". In German languageAppears to include chapters about camps in India and Burma, but use Google from page 141. Use [https://translate, or .google.com Google Chrome provides an automatic translation. From the website "Gaebler info and Genealogy", section IndiaTranslate]

Some 18,400 Italian prisoners of war (out of 50,000 requested by the Australian Government, to be employed as farm labourers) were transported from India to Australia from 1943. Some of the [Italian?] POWs in India were shipped to South Africa to help build the railway there.<ref>[http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/08/19/italian-pows-helped-grow-australia Italian POWs helped grow Australia] 26 August 2013 SBS News [Special Broadcasting Service] Television and Radio, Australia, quoting Gianfranco Cresciani, author of ''The Italians in Australia''</ref><ref>Francesco Barbera was an Italian POW captured in North Africa in 1941, who spent a few years In India. He was sent to Australia in 1943 where he spent time in POW camps in Liverpool, Cowra, Tumut and St Ives, now a suburb of Sydney. Article in the Sydney suburban newspaper ''North Shore Times'' 25 April 2014, page 11, (previously available online).</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160324112725/http://newslocalwww.newspaperdirectarmy.comgov.au/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/epaperPrimary%20Materials/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=HJLFMSXUDVY5&preview=magnifier&linkid=72862f0ePost%20War%20and%20Korea%201946-f12b-4af6-966c-fce95321c288&pdaffid=flTgD0N1953/Documents/History%20Directorate%20of%20Prisoners%20of%20War%20and%20Internees%201939%20to%2bsncNlRju4zoiMw201951%3d20Part%3d 20Two.pdf ''North Shore Times'' 25 April 2014Part II: Administration of Enemy Prisoners of War] File from army.gov.au, page 11]now an archived webpage</ref> *Group I – [[Bangalore]]: Camps 1 to 8 - Italian prisoners. There were Camps at Jakkur, Hebbal and Jalahalli.<ref>[https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/pensioners-paradise-or-pow-camp/ Pensioner’s Paradise or POW Camp ?] by Aliyeh Rizvi, July 7, 2011</ref>

*Deoli (Ajmer) – Civil Internment Camp: Deoli housed German civilian internees and Japanese civilian internees. It was also a punishment colony for Germans. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoli,_Rajasthan Deoli] (Wikipedia)

*Use [httphttps://translatewww.googledeepl.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=httptranslator DeepL Translator] or [https://prigionierotranslate.weeblygoogle.com/moneta.html&ei=wIJAT5-wAsyfiAepydXeBA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CF4Q7gEwCTha&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRamgarh%2BPOW%26start%3D90%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1355%26bih%3D677%26prmd%3Dimvnsb au Google English translationTranslate] of the original Italian language [http://prigioniero.weebly.com/moneta.html Prigioniero a Yol India] about the money used in the camps. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131128061612/http://prigioniero.weebly.com/moneta.html archive.org] link)

*[httphttps://international-review.icrc.org/sites/default/files/S1026881200024843a.pdf "Délégations du Comité international dans les cinq continents: Rapports télégraphiques sur des visites de camps de prisonniers de guerre et d'internés civils"] a section commencing page 347, part of [https://international-review.icrc.org/fr/revues/bulletin-no-317-revue-internationale-de-la-croix-rouge-et-bulletin-international-des ''Revue Internationale de la Croix-Rouge et Bulletin international des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge'' Volume 27, Issue 317, May 1945] French language. Scroll to digital page 6 (page 350 of original document) "Delegation aux Indes britannique" for details of a visit to India 26 February to 20 March [1945]. icrc.org. If required, copy and paste the text in [https://www.deepl.com/translator DeepL Translator] or [https://translate.google.com.au Google Translate] :ICRC photographs: [https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/21720 Bangalore. Group I. Italian prisoners of war camp. ICRC delegate with a group of detainees 3/44]; [https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/21747 Italian prisoners of war camp. ICRC delegate with italian detainees 10/44]; [https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/21744 Italian prisoners of war camp. Delegate visiting the cemetery 10/44]; [https://britishlibraryavarchives.icrc.org/Picture/21736 Group IV.typepadItalian prisoners of war camp], ICRC's delegates with italian doctors in front of the patient's barrack. WW2.*[https://blogs.cobl.uk/untoldlives/2013/10/italian-prisoners-of-war-and-internees-in-india.html "Italian Prisoners of War and Internees in India"] blogs.bl.uk. Records relating to Italian Prisoners of War and Internees WW2] Britishlibraryat the British Library.typepad ([https://web.archive.org/web/2013112807000420190913124308/httphttps://britishlibraryblogs.typepad.cobl.uk/untoldlives/2013/10/italian-prisoners-of-war-and-internees-in-india.html archive.org] link)*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98oct17/saturday/head4.htm#1 "Yol: Once a haven for prisoners of war"] (Scroll down) by Rajendra Rajan Saturday, October 17, 1998 ''The Tribune'' (tribuneindia.com) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090514014301/http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98oct17/saturday/head4.htm#2 archive.org] link)*The story of For the following links use a Translator. '''If you use Google Chrome, click on the ten thousand archived Italian soldiers prisoners in India [http://translatelink, then use the translation link within Google Chrome'''.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/la%2Bstoria%2Bdei%2Bdiecimila%2Bsoldati%2Bitaliani%2Bprigionieri%2Bin%2Bindia%2B(1a%2Bparte).0085440&ei=MWk_T7i2FuGRiQf34O3kBA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCwQ7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dla%2Bstoria%2Bdei%2Bdiecimila%2Bsoldati%2Bitaliani%2Bprigionieri%2Bin%2Bindia%2B3a%2Bparte%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1355%26bih%3D677%26prmd%3Dimvns Computer produced Google Alternatively copy and paste using English translation Part 1], [httphttps://translatewww.googledeepl.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/a.0085800&ei=MWk_T7i2FuGRiQf34O3kBA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDYQ7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dla%2Bstoria%2Bdei%2Bdiecimila%2Bsoldati%2Bitaliani%2Bprigionieri%2Bin%2Bindia%2B3a%2Bparte%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1355%26bih%3D677%26prmd%3Dimvns Part 2translator DeepL Translator], or [httphttps://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://wwwGoogle Translate].loccidentale.it/articolo/la%2Bstoria%2Bdei%2Bdiecimila%2Bsoldati%2Bitaliani%2Bprigionieri%2Bin%2Bindia%2B(3a%2Bparte)%2B.0086241&ei=MWk_T7i2FuGRiQf34O3kBA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCMQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dla%2Bstoria%2Bdei%2Bdiecimila%2Bsoldati%2Bitaliani%2Bprigionieri%2Bin%2Bindia%2B3a%2Bparte%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1355%26bih%3D677%26prmd%3Dimvns Part 3] *"The story of the ten thousand Italian soldiers prisoners in India" Google Translate English title of original Italian version: "La storia dei diecimila soldati italiani prigionieri in India [http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/la+storia+dei+diecimila+soldati+italiani+prigionieri+in+india+%281a+parte%29.0085440 (1a parte)], [http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/a.0085800 (2a parte)], [http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/la+storia+dei+diecimila+soldati+italiani+prigionieri+in+india+(3a+parte)+.0086241 (3a parte)] www.loccidentale.it (archive.org links " [https://web.archive.org/web/20131110234041/http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/la+storia+dei+diecimila+soldati+italiani+prigionieri+in+india+%281a+parte%29.0085440 1 (1a parte)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131110232017/http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/a.0085800 2(2a parte)] and , [https://web.archive.org/web/20100215153530/http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/la+storia+dei+diecimila+soldati+italiani+prigionieri+in+india+%283a+parte%29+.0086241 3(3a parte)])*[https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loccidentale.it%2Fnode%2F85514&edit-text= , now archived webpages * "Updated list of Italian prisoners in Yol (India)": Computer produced Google Translate English translation] title of original Italian version [https://web.archive.org/web/20160322021448/http://www.loccidentale.it/node/85514 "Elenco aggiornato dei prigionieri italiani a Yol (India)"] loccidentale.it , now archived. *[http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://erewhon.ticonuno.it/riv/storia/yol/prigionia.htm&ei=InI_T531EciViQf7ucW2BA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3D10.000%2Bin%2BHimalaya%2Buna%2Bstoria%2Bdi%2BGuerra%2Berewhon.ticonuno.it%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1355%26bih%3D677%26prmd%3Dimvns "10,000 in Himalayas: a story of war Computer produced " Google Translate English translation] title of original Italian version [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415011104/http://erewhon.ticonuno.it/riv/storia/yol/prigionia.htm "10.000 in Himalaya: una storia di Guerra"] erewhon.ticonuno.it, now archived. ([https://webMentions the book ''10.archive000 in Himalaya 1941-1947 Tesori, Orsi, Idee, Fughe - Treasures, Bears, Ideas, Escapes'' by Lido Saltamartini, published 1997 by Humana of Ancona.org/web/20120415011104/http://erewhonParallel Italian and English text and illustration captions, with many images.ticonuno.it/riv/storiaAvailable at the Imperial War Museums, reference IWM LBY 05 /yol/prigionia527.htm archive.org] link). Includes The webpage includes a link to**Computer produced Google English translation of [http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20050113091318%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.chiamamicitta.com%2FWelcome%2Fser%2Fn240%2Fcardelli.htm&act=url an Interview with Toto Fabbri, about his time at Yol 1942-1946] from the website chiamamicitta.com, the online magazine of the city of Rimini. Original Italian version [https://web.archive.org/web/20050126094519/http://www.chiamamicitta.com/Welcome/ser/n240/cardelli.htm "Quattro anni a due passi dal Tibet"] (now archived)*[http://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://digilander.libero.it/frontedeserto/prigionieri/prigionieriindia.htm&ei=O20_T9WoFeuQiQel4ty8BA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDIQ7gEwAjgK&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dla%2Bstoria%2Bdei%2Bdiecimila%2Bsoldati%2Bitaliani%2Bprigionieri%2Bin%2Bindia%2B3a%2Bparte%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1355%26bih%3D677%26prmd%3Dimvns "Prisoners in India Computer produced " Google Translate English translation] title of original Italian version [http://digilander.libero.it/frontedeserto/prigionieri/prigionieriindia.htm "Prigionieri in India"] digilander.libero.it ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100705133303/http://digilander.libero.it/frontedeserto/prigionieri/prigionieriindia.htm archive.org] link)*[http://www.powinindia.it/ POW in India] An Italian website.

*[http://cofrancesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=86&lang=en "Umberto's War: From the diary of Umberto Cofrancesco"] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131128075631/http://cofrancesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=86&lang=en archive.org] link): From capture in Libya to the prisoner of war camps at Ramgarh and Bairagarh [http://cofrancesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=86&limit=1&limitstart=5&lang=en page 6]. [http://cofrancesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=86&limit=1&limitstart=6&lang=en page 7], [http://cofrancesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=86&limit=1&limitstart=7&lang=en page 8] cofrancesco.net (archive.org links [https://web.archive.org/web/20131128075738/http://cofrancesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=86&limit=1&limitstart=5 1], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131128075847/http://cofrancesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=86&limit=1&limitstart=6 2] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20131128075937/http://cofrancesco.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=64&Itemid=86&limit=1&limitstart=7 3]). He was subsequently transferred to Australia.

**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/39/a5815839.shtml Part Four - From POW Camp at Geneiffa, Egypt to a POW Camp at Poona, India]**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/48/a5815848.shtml Part Five - From Poona to POW Camp at Ramghar, India]**[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/93/a5815893.shtml Part Six - From Ramghar to POW Camp 26/3 at Pathankot, Kangra Vallery, near Kashmir on to Bhopal in April 1944 and arrival in Greenoch on 1st June 1944.] (archive.org links [https://web.archive.org/web/20131128080659/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/39/a5815839.shtml 1], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131128080843/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/48/a5815848.shtml 2] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20131128081000/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/93/a5815893.shtml 3])*From the website "Footprints of Italian Prisoners of War in Australia"**[https://italianprisonersofwar.com/2019/08/30/in-india/ In India]**[https://italianprisonersofwar.com/2019/09/01/prigionieri-in-india/ Prigionieri in India]

*[httphttps://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gfPIk5uvlEgJ:www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20070605/letters/an-italian-pow-in-india.15561+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au An Italian POW in India (Bhopal)] timesofmalta.com. Includes a photograph of a football team. ([https://web.archive.org/web/2013112812141920190913104240/httphttps://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20070605/letters/an-italian-pow-in-india.15561 archive.org] link)

*[http://wwwhviewer.nationalarchives.govbl.uk/a2aIamsHViewer/recordsDefault.aspx?catmdark=059ark:/81055/vdc_100000000026.0x00011a IOR/L/ PJ/8/1-r4&cid=176 Collection 101: Aliens ‎ (1931-1#11950)] which includes sub categories such as IOR/L/ PJ/8/31 Coll 101/10AA; Nominal rolls of internees and parolees in India and IOR/L/ PJ/8/34 Coll 101/10AB; Reports on internment camps in India (excluding Japanese camps) ‎ (Oct 1942-1 Oct 1945).*[http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x0001db United Kingdom High Commission files relating to cemeteries '''IOR/R/4/1-539'''] 1943-1967. Transferred from Indian Public Works Department to the British High Commission, New Delhi, and from there to the India Office Records in 1972-73. As they were originally Public Works Department files, they may not often (if at all) refer to individuals.

:Note these records are available on [[LDSFamilySearch]] (LDS) microfilm <ref>Microfilm FamilySearch microfilm catalogue entry [https://familysearch.org/eng/librarysearch/fhlcatalogcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1112010&disp=British+High+Commission+cemetery+records%20%20&columns=*,0,0 British High Commission cemetery records, ca. 1870-1967] . See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for details about microfilm/digitised microfilm. </ref> where there is more detail provided about the individual items, in the "Film Notes" and is indicated there are at least some lists of prisoner-of-war graves. As an example “R/4/102-103 Correspondence regarding prisoner-of-war graves (frames 1213-1222, 1325-1327, 1339, 1358, 1397, 1401-1402 include a list of prisoner-of-war graves, as well as 33rd Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Also includes list of cemeteries that include German, Boer, Italian, and Turkish graves), ca. 1947-1954”

**[http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000001160.0x000264 Mss Eur F370/852] Boer POW Camps, India and Ceylon India Ceylon 1899-1903