Tracing Your Prisoner of War Ancestors: The First World War, A Guide for Family Historians - Couverture souple

Paterson, Sarah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848845014 ISBN 13 : 9781848845015

Editeur : Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

The experience of civilian internees and British prisoners of war in German and Turkish hands during the First World War is one of the least well-known - and least researched - aspects of the history of the conflict. The same applies to prisoners of war and internees held in the UK. Yet, as Sarah Paterson shows in this authoritative handbook, a wide-range of detailed and revealing information is available if you know where to look for it.Briefly she outlines the course of the campaigns in which British servicemen were captured, and she describes how they were treated and the conditions they endured. She locates the camps they were taken to and explains how they were run. She also shows how this emotive and neglected subject can be researched - how archives and records can be used to track down individual prisoners and uncover something of the lives they led in captivity.Her work will be an essential introduction for readers who are keen to get an insight into the experience of a POW or an internee during the First World War, and it will be an invaluable guide for anyone who is trying to trace an ancestor who was captured.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Published in July 2012 by Pen & Sword Books in association with IWM. An invaluable guide for anyone trying to trace an ancestor who was a POW or internet in the First World War. - Despatched This invaluable work should be at the side of anyone interested in finding out more about family members who were prisoners of war. Published in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum, the book is authoritative and provides a wealth of information including lists of the various camps at home and abroad. The book is aimed at those with little knowledge of the subject, but is certainly one that everyone will find useful. - Great War Magazine As the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1 approaches, Family Tree author Simon Fowler has authored this timely guide, showing you key resources at The National Archives and regimental museums and the latest military records available online. The easy-to-read chapters and practical tips are studded with case studies, making it very accessible and hugely useful --Family Tree

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848845014
• ISBN 13: 9781848845015
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible