Military History
Researching Prisoners of War
The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva keeps lists of all known POWs and internees of all nationalities for the Second World War. Enquiries concerning these lists should be directed to:
Archives Division and Research Service
International Committee of the Red Cross
19 Avenue de la Paix,
Geneva CH-1202,
Switzerland
email: archives.gva@icrc.org
International Committee Of The Red Cross
Book! Prisoners of War, British Army, 1939 - 1945
That lists alphabetically over 107,000 British Army POWs of all ranks held in Germany or in German occupied territories in World War Two. It gives each POW's camp, POW number, surname, initials, rank, army number and regiment/corps.
It was re-published in 1990, by J B Hayward and Sons of Polstead, Suffolk (cost £38) ISBN 0-903754-61-
Useful Links
PRISONERS OF WAR - 109TH MEDICAL BATTALION (1942 - 1945)
For records of Servicemen and Women who served in WW2 and beyond:
In Memories Details of Commonwealth World War One and Two communal cemeteries and graveyards in Belguim and France
National Archives of Australia
