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*[[Trichinopoly]]
*[[Umballa]], now Ambala.
*Upper Topa, near [[Murree]]
(Information mainly from the Anglo Boer War Museum website)
:[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.
*Details of [http://www.pey.co.za/site/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=9&category_id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1 ''The Anglo-Boer War Diaries of Jan Geldenhuys''] Includes the period from April 1902 when he was captured and sent as a prisoner of war to Umballa, where his experiences till 20th November 1902, were documented. He later met up with his father and brother who were POW’s at Bhimtal. The diaries were originally written in High Dutch. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131127124258/http://www.pey.co.za/site/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&product_id=9&category_id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1 archive.org] link)
====Historical books online====
*''List of Places of Internment'' produced by the Prisoners of War Information Bureau in 1919 is an alphabetical listing of Prisoner-of-War camps in Britain and the Commonwealth during the First World War. It is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/lists-of-places-of-internment-2/ ''List of Places of Internment''] Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 titled [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19aXfvGiL4 ''Prisoners of War Information Bureau: List of Places of''] (located in World War II/Military Books/Britain, letter P)
:Nineteen camps were in this 1919 (January) list in India:
:Ahmednagar, Bankura, Belgaum, Bellary, Colaba War Hospital, Cumballa War Hospital, 34th General Hosp (Deolali), 44th General Hosp (Deolali), Indian Troops War Hosp Poona, Indian Troops War Hosp Marine Lines Bombay, Nowgong, Thayetmyo (in Burma), Meiktila (also Burma), Takdah <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Darjeeling]] area], Sholapur, Yercaud, Poona Military Prison, Victoria War Hospital Bombay, Sumerpur.<ref>gmark. [http://c-c-s-g.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=32#p66 India- WWI POW camps] ''Civil Censorship Study Group Forum'' 11 December 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2019.</ref> In addition, a 1915 postcard from Dinapur addressed to Germany had been seen with a " Prisoner of War Mail " caption on it. *[https://indianculture.gov.in/archives/list-enemy-subjects-interned-civil-detention-camps ''List of Enemy Subjects Interned in Civil Detention Camps. Home Department March 1918'']. The camps included are Takdah, Berhampore, Bankura, all Bengal Presidency, Belgaum, Bombay Presidency, and Yercaud, Madras Presidency. From the National Archives of India, reference File No.: HOME_POLITICAL_A_1918_MAR_93-95 indianculture.gov.in . Some pages may be difficult to view on a fixed computer screen as the pages are "on their side".
*The POW Camps are mentioned on [http://www.archive.org/stream/undertenviceroys00woodiala#page/210/mode/2up pages 211-212], ''Under Ten Viceroys: the Reminiscences of a Gurkha'' by Major-General Nigel Woodyatt 1922 Archive.org
*"Australian Nurses in India 1916-1919". Scroll to page 124, [https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/With-Horse-and-Morse.pdf ''With Horse and Morse in Mesopotamia: The Story of Anzacs in Asia''] edited by Keast Burke 1927. Includes a list of the main WW1 hospitals in India, and there are mentions of the treatment of Turkish POWs at these hospitals. Some of NZsappers.org.nz has two digital files/series, the first contains some digital pages which are of very poor quality and are illegible. The second series of files from nzsappers.org.nz [https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pages-1-70.pdf Pages 1-70], [https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pages-71-132.pdf pages 71-132]; [https://www. nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pages-133-206.pdf pages 133-206]. Also see External links, below.
*[https://archive.org/details/furthercorrespon00grea ''Further correspondence respecting the proposed release of civilians interned in the British and German empires. (In continuation of "Miscellaneous, no. 35 (1916)": Cd. 8352.)''] HMSO, London 1917. Presented to both Houses of Parliament January 1917. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/agreementbetween00ingrea ''Agreement between the British and Ottoman governments respecting prisoners of war and civilians''] Presented to Parliament April 1918 HMSO. Archive.org
===External links===
*[http://grandeguerre.icrc.org
Prisoners Of The First World War-
ICRC Historical Archives]. 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 [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/218552-foreign-office-files-on-pows-fo-383/ "?do=findComment&comment=3074906 Foreign Office Files on POWs (FO 383)"] ''Great War Forum'' 30 September 201412 December 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2019December 2021.</ref> Contains a FIND (Search) function. onedrive.live.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014. Contains references such as
**Reference: FO 383/20 1915. Description: Germany: Prisoners, including: Correspondence regulations at Ahmednagar, India: includes printed copy of Memorandum issued by the Adjutant General in India (in docket no.147691).
**Reference: FO 383/436 1918 Description: Germany: Prisoners, including: Lists (in docket nos. 97151 and 109002) of German civilians transferred from East Africa to camps at Ahmednagar and Belgaum, India, with printed correspondence relating to individual cases.
*[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://armenianweekly.com/2019/08/06/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://nek.istanbul.edu.tr:4444/ekos/TEZ/ET001765.pdf BİRİNCİ DÜNYA SAVAŞI’NDA İNGİLİZLERE ESİR DÜŞEN TÜRK ASKERLERİ] by Vedat TÜFEKÇİ Turkish language doctoral thesis, Istanbul University 2019. English title (possibly) "Turkish soldiers who were captured by the British in the first war". Appears to include chapters about camps in India and Burma, from page 141. Use [https://translate.google.com Google Translate]
==Second World War==
*[http://indianbanknote.blogspot.com.au/2010/05/india-prisoner-of-war-coupons.html Indian Banknote: India: Prisoner-of-War Coupons] Money used in the Prisoner-of-War Camps. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131128055915/http://indianbanknote.blogspot.com.au/2010/05/india-prisoner-of-war-coupons.html archive.org] link)
*[http://worldandmilitarynotes.com/?s=India+ World and Military Notes] contains examples of money used in the Prisoner-of-War Camps. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131128060238/http://worldandmilitarynotes.com/?s=India+ archive.org] link)
*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)
====German prisoners of war====
====Italian prisoners of war====
*[https://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://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/21736 Group IV. Italian prisoners of war camp], ICRC's delegates with italian doctors in front of the patient's barrack. WW2.
*[https://blogs.bl.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 at the British Library. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20190913124308/https://blogs.bl.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)
*'''Note about Google Translate for For the following links'''. For at least some browsers, it appears there is use a problem with the translation of '''archived''' links and you may need to copy and paste text using [https://translate.google.com.au Google Translate]Translator. '''If you use Google Chrome, click on the archived Italian link, then use the translation link within Google Chrome'''. *"The story of the ten thousand Italian soldiers prisoners in India" Alternatively copy and paste using [https://translatewww.googledeepl.com.au/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20131110234041%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.loccidentale.it%2Farticolo%2Fla%2Bstoria%2Bdei%2Bdiecimila%2Bsoldati%2Bitaliani%2Bprigionieri%2Bin%2Bindia%2B%25281a%2Bparte%2529.0085440 Computer produced Google English translation Part 1translator DeepL Translator], or [https://translate.google.com.au/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20131110232017%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.loccidentale.it%2Farticolo%2Fa.0085800 Part 2Google Translate], [https://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=&sl=it&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20100215153530%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.loccidentale.it%2Farticolo%2Fla%2Bstoria%2Bdei%2Bdiecimila%2Bsoldati%2Bitaliani%2Bprigionieri%2Bin%2Bindia%2B%25283a%2Bparte%2529%2B.0086241 *"The story of the ten thousand Italian soldiers prisoners in India" Google Translate English title Part 3] of original Italian version: "La storia dei diecimila soldati italiani prigionieri in India" [https://web.archive.org/web/20131110234041/http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/la+storia+dei+diecimila+soldati+italiani+prigionieri+in+india+%281a+parte%29.0085440 (1a parte)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131110232017/http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/a.0085800 (2a parte)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20100215153530/http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/la+storia+dei+diecimila+soldati+italiani+prigionieri+in+india+%283a+parte%29+.0086241 (3a parte)] loccidentale.it, now archived webpages *[https://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=&sl=it&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20160322021448%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.loccidentale.it%2Fnode%2F85514 "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. *[https://translate.google.com.au/translate?hl=&sl=it&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20120415011104%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ferewhon.ticonuno.it%2Friv%2Fstoria%2Fyol%2Fprigionia.htm "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. Mentions the book ''10.000 in Himalaya 1941-1947 Tesori, Orsi, Idee, Fughe - Treasures, Bears, Ideas, Escapes'' by Lido Saltamartini, published 1997 by Humana of Ancona. Parallel Italian and English text and illustration captions, with many images. Available at the Imperial War Museums, reference IWM LBY 05 / 527. 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://faroutliers.blogspot.com.au/2006/04/italian-pows-in-india-1944.html Italian POWs in India, 1944] faroutliers.blogspot. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131128075037/http://faroutliers.blogspot.com.au/2006/04/italian-pows-in-india-1944.html archive.org] link)
*[http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/aviators/balsamo.htm Aviators from WWII Generale di Brigata Aerea Alfredo Balsamo] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130423130542/http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/aviators/balsamo.htm archive.org] link). Contains a few photographs of Italian prisoners at Yol camp
*[http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2016/08/a-forgotten-story-from-the-second-world-war.html "A forgotten story from the Second World War"] by Hedley Sutton. Untold lives blog, British Library. Japanese internees in the Internment Camp, Deoli (Ajmer). The majority were interned during December 1941 in Singapore and Malaya, although a few were picked up in Burma and in India itself. There is a reference to British Library records IOR/L/PJ/8/405.
*[https://avarchives.icrc.org/Picture/22003 Photograph: Bikaner. Camp n° 29 de prisonniers de guerre japonais. 11/44] Bikaner. Japanese Prisoner of War Camp No.29. icrc.org.
==Records==
===British Library===
