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POW Camps in India

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First World War
: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.
*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 the digital pages are of very poor quality and are illegible. nzsappers.org.nz. 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
*Turkish POWs at [[Deolali]] are mentioned in [http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j36/nurses.asp Reading between unwritten lines: Australian Army nurses in India, 1916-19] by Ruth Rae. Australian War Memorial website. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131020125644/https://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j36/nurses.asp archive.org] link)
**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> kjharris. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/112227-concentration-camp-_-deolali/?do=findComment&comment=2022171 Concentration Camp Deolali] ''Great War Forum'' 23 January 2014. 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 [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/53333-18th-rifle-brigade/ 18th Rifle Brigade] ''Great War Forum'' 30 May 2006 et al. Retrieved 13 September 2019.</ref>
*There was a POW Camp for Turkish prisoners at Kirkee<ref>Huw (Guest PJI777). [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/111506-kirkee-india-april-1919/?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://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/111506-kirkee-india-april-1919/?do=findComment&comment=1663057 Kirkee India April 1919] ''Great War Forum'' 2 November 2011, Retrieved 7 November 2019.</ref> An image of an tobacco tin was seen, 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 camp was in operation throughout the war.
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