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Photograph (8 copies) of officers and soldiers, German medical staff and patients, Lydiard Park POW Camp

Photograph (8 copies) of officers and soldiers, German medical staff and patients, Lydiard Park POW Camp
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Photographs of British officers and soldiers, German medical staff and patients at POW Camp No 160 Lydiard Park.

The copy images, together with a quantity of related material, belonged to the camp's Interpreter, John Bailey. They are now deposited in the Lydiard House museum collection.

Year:
1946-1948
Type:
Photograph
Location:
Lydiard House
Owner:
Swindon Borough Council
Reference:
LYD 2011 - 147
Copyright:
Lydiard House
Last updated on:
Monday 15th May 2023

Items of Interest

Prisoner of War Roll Call, Lydiard Park, 1947
Prisoner of War Roll Call, Lydiard Park, 1947

A roll call of Prisoners of War at No 160 Lydiard...

Newspaper cutting - German who was an English Hero, 2011
Newspaper cutting - German who was an English Hero, 2011

GERMAN WHO WAS AN ENGLISH HERO - Bravery and luck...

Photograph (copy) of Staff Sergeant John Bailey, Interpreter at Lydiard Park POW Camp
Photograph (copy) of Staff Sergeant John Bailey, Interpreter at Lydiard Park POW Camp

John Bailey, Staff Sergeant with the Royal Pioneer...