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Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)

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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2008/10/17/remembrance_nelson.shtml Memoir of Private Fred William Nelson, Lancashire Fusiliers] 1/8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (125th Brigade, 42nd Division). Captured at Gallipoli, aged 17, his camps included Bilemedik. 17/10/2008 bbc.co.uk
*[http://www.diplomat.com.tr/sayilar/s12/yazilar/s12-16.htm "Belemedik: A hidden travel story"] October 2005 diplomat.com.tr
*[http://theconversation.com/the-forgotten-anzacs-honoured-guests-of-the-sultan-25884 "The forgotten Anzacs: ‘honoured guests’ of the Sultan"] 24 April 2014 theconversation.com. This article also mentions Indian POWs.
*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158634493 "Bombardier Pearse. How He Died. Unwholesome Turkish Biscuits"]. ''National Advocate'' (Bathurst, NSW) 27 Nov 1917. trove.nla.gov.au. Bombardier Vincent Pearse of the [[Volunteer Artillery Battery]] along with many others, died soon after being taken prisoner, after the fall of Kut, officially due to enteritis, but caused by what the hungry men ate.
*[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=MIC19180510.2.2 "Scene From "Inferno." Prisoners In Turkey. British Soldiers Ill-Treated"] ''Mount Ida Chronicle'', [New Zealand] Volume XLV, 10 May 1918, Page 1 paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
*[http://theconversation.com/the-forgotten-anzacs-honoured-guests-of-the-sultan-25884 "The forgotten Anzacs: ‘honoured guests’ of the Sultan"] 24 April 2014 theconversation.com. This article also mentions Indian POWs.*[httphttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/158634493 242663434 "Bombardier PearseAnzacs Welcomed in Italy. How He Died. Unwholesome Turkish BiscuitsPrisoners Arrive from Turkey, Complain of Bad Treatment"]. ''National AdvocateThe Herald'' (BathurstMelbourne, NSWVic) 27 Nov 1917, 6 Dec 1918 Page 7. trove.nla.gov.au. Bombardier Vincent Pearse of the [[Volunteer Artillery Battery]] along with many others, died soon after being taken prisoner, officially due to enteritis, but caused by what The released POWs travelled on the hungry men atesteamship Katoomba.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0W7pYJsBSw ‪"The British Death March in Mesopotamia"] ''The Great War Week 94''‬. YouTube video. The initial part of this video is about the POWs from Kut.
*[https://norfolkinworldwar1.org/2016/11/16/the-journey-into-captivity-mesopotamia-in-1916 The Journey into Captivity – Mesopotamia in 1916 [2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment<nowiki>]</nowiki>]; [https://norfolkinworldwar1.org/2017/06/16/captivity-in-turkey-from-the-diaries-of-lieutenant-colonel-francis-cecil-lodge-part-2-january-june1917/ Captivity in Turkey: from the diaries of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Cecil Lodge Part 2: January-December 1917] norfolkinworldwar1.org. With extracts from the accounts of two officers, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Lodge and Captain Alfred Shakeshaft.
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